Modelling of mercury emissions from background soils

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 304, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 185-207

  Scholtz, M T ^a   Van Heyst, B J ^a   Schroeder, W H ^b  

^a Canadian ORTECH Environmental Inc   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air soil exchange; Air surface exchange; Background soils; Emission flux; Emission model; Mercury

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SOILS; SOLAR RADIATION;

FLUX MEASUREMENTS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

GAS EXCHANGE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MODELING; SOIL EMISSION;

ATMOSPHERE; CONFERENCE PAPER; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037456786     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00568-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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