A regional scale modeling study of atmospheric transport and transformation of mercury. I. Model development and evaluation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 28, 2000, Pages 4933-4944

  Xu, Xiaohong ^a   Yang, Xiusheng ^a   Miller, David R ^a   Helble, Joseph J ^a   Carley, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Air surface exchange; Cloud processes; Deposition; Mercury; Modeling; Regional scale

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CLOUDS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DEPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MERCURY (METAL); PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AIR-SURFACE EXCHANGE; PARTICULATE MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

MERCURY;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MODELING; TRANSFORMATION;

AIR MONITOR; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CLOUD; GAS EXCHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEATHER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034283297     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(00)00228-4     Document Type: Article

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