Mercury speciation in the marine boundary layer along a 6000 km cruise path around the Mediterranean Sea

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 63-71

  Sprovieri, F ^a   Pirrone, N ^a   Gardfeldt K ^b   Sommar, J ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atmospheric mercury; Cycling; Halogen; Marine boundary layer; Measurements; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; OXIDATION;

MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; MARINE APPLICATION; MERCURY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; HALOGEN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DYNAMICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OXIDATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

URANIA;

EID: 0038488943     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00237-1     Document Type: Article

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