Some potential errors in the measurement of mercury gas exchange at the soil surface using a dynamic flux chamber

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 260, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 181-189

  Gillis, Alison ^a   Miller, David R ^b  

^a TRC Environmental Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic flux chamber; Mercury; Soil surface flux

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ERROR ANALYSIS; GAS EXCHANGE; METHODOLOGY; SOIL EMISSION;

ABSORPTION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; GAS EXCHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; TUBE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; GASES; MERCURY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; WIND;

EID: 0034626604     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00562-3     Document Type: Article

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