Global circulation of atmospheric mercury: A modelling study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 147-161

  Dastoor, Ashu P ^a   Larocque, Yvan ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concentrations; Dry deposition; Global model; Simulation; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CYCLING;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DRY DEPOSITION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NUMERICAL MODEL; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DRY DEPOSITION; EVALUATION; METEOROLOGY; MODEL; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; WET DEPOSITION;

EID: 0344874619     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2003.08.037     Document Type: Article

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