Elevated mercury measured in snow and frost flowers near Arctic sea ice leads

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Douglas, Thomas A ^a   Sturm, M ^a   Simpson, W R ^b   Brooks, S ^c   Lindberg, S E ^d   Perovich, D K ^a  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; POTABLE WATER; SUPERSATURATION; THERMAL PLUMES; FROST EFFECTS; SEA ICE; SNOW;

CONVECTIVE PLUMES; ELEVATED MERCURY; MERCURY DEPLETION EVENTS (MDE); PHOTOCHEMICAL ATMOSPHERIC REACTIONS;

FROST EFFECTS; ICE;

COASTAL ZONE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SEA ICE; SNOW;

ARCTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CONVECTIVE PLUME; ELEVATED MERCURY; EMISSION SOURCES; MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY DEPLETION EVENTS; MERCURY DEPOSITIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL ATMOSPHERIC REACTIONS;

EID: 19744370827     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022132     Document Type: Article

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