A regional scale modeling study of atmospheric transport and transformation of mercury. II. Simulation results for the northeast United States

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 28, 2000, Pages 4945-4955

  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; Northeast United States

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CLOUDS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; MERCURY (METAL); PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AIR-SURFACE EXCHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

MERCURY; RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); TRANSFORMATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOUD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS EXCHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPOSPHERE; UNITED STATES; WIND;

(NORTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034283307     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(00)00229-6     Document Type: Article

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