International field intercomparison measurements of atmospheric mercury species at Mace Head, Ireland

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 3063-3073

  Ebinghaus, R ^a   Jennings, S G ^b   Schroeder, W H ^c   Berg, T ^d   Donaghy, T ^b   Guentzel, J ^e   Kenny, C ^b   Kock, H H ^a   Kvietkus, K ^f   Landing, W ^e   Muhleck T ^g   Munthe, J ^h   Prestbo, E M ⁱ   Schneeberger, D ^j   Slemr, F ^g   Sommar, J ^k   Urba, A ^f   Wallschlager D ⁱ   Xiao, Z ^k  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^g KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^h IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁱ Frontier Geosciences Inc   (United States)

^j Tekran Inc   (Canada)

^k CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Air analysis; Intercomparison; Marine back round atmosphere; Mercury; Precipitation; Speciation; Techniques

Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; INTERCOMPARISON; MARINE BACKGROUND ATMOSPHERE; SPECIATION;

AIR; MERCURY (METAL); PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SAMPLING;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); IRELAND; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

IRELAND;

MYRISTICA FRAGRANS;

EID: 0033180886     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00119-8     Document Type: Article

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