Mercury emissions from the August 2001 wildfires in Washington State and an agricultural waste fire in Oregon and atmospheric mercury budget estimates

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Friedli, H R ^a   Radke, L F ^a   Prescott, R ^a   Hobbs, P V ^b   Sinha, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural waste burning; Aircraft measurements; Mercury emission; Mercury sources; Temperate forest; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); TEMPERATE FOREST; WILDFIRE;

CASCADE MOUNTAINS; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0042238358     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gb001972     Document Type: Article

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