Atmospheric particle evolution during a nighttime atmospheric mercury depletion event in sub-Arctic at Kuujjuarapik/Whapmagoostui, Québec, Canada

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 336, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 215-224

  Gauchard, Pierre Alexis ^a   Ferrari, Christophe P ^a,b   Dommergue, Aurélien ^a   Poissant, Laurier ^c   Pilote, Martin ^c   Guehenneux, Gaëlle ^d   Boutron, Claude F ^a,b   Baussand, Patrick ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d Grp Rech sur l'Environnement C   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric mercury depletion events; Ozone; Particles; Transport

Indexed keywords

AIR; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MERCURY (METAL); OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY DEPLETION EVENT (AMDE); ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE EVOLUTION; CHEMICAL LINKS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

MERCURY; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CANADA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS LINKING; DEMOGRAPHY; NIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

CANADA; KUUJJUARAPIK; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WHAPMAGOOSTUI; WORLD;

EID: 10344243480     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.05.022     Document Type: Article

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