Comparison of long-term trends and seasonal variations of atmospheric mercury concentrations at the two European coastal monitoring stations Mace Head, Ireland, and Zingst, Germany

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 39 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 7549-7556

  Kock, H H ^a   Bieber, E ^b   Ebinghaus, R ^a   Spain, T G ^c   Thees, B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Long term trends; Mercury in ambient air; Seasonal variations; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MERCURY (METAL); MONITORING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LONG-TERM TRENDS; MERCURY IN AMBIENT AIR; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

METAL ANALYSIS;

MERCURY;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR QUALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEW; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; IRELAND; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; WIND; WINTER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CONNACHT; COUNTY GALWAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; IRELAND; MACE HEAD; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 27744448069     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.02.059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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