Nevada STORMS project: Measurement of mercury emissions from naturally enriched surfaces

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D17, 1999, Pages 21831-21844

  Gustin, M Sexauer ^a   Lindberg, S ^b   Marsik, F ^c   Casimir, A ^d   Ebinghaus, R ^e   Edwards, G ^f   Hubble Fitzgerald, C ^f   Kemp, R ^f   Kock, H ^e   Leonard, T ^a   London, J ^g   Majewski, M ^h   Montecinos, C ^a   Owens, J ^c   Pilote, M ^d   Poissant, L ^d   Rasmussen, P ⁱ   Schaedlich, F ^j   Schneeberger, D ^j   Schroeder, W ^d   Sommar, J ^k   Turner, R ^g   Vette, A ^c   Wallschlaeger, D ^g   Xiao, Z ^k   Zhang, H ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^g Frontier Geosciences Inc   (United States)

^h U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

ⁱ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^j Tekran Inc   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX CHAMBER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MICROMETEOROLOGY; SURFACE FLUX;

NEVADA; RENO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033374256     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900351     Document Type: Article

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