The influence of meteorological conditions on the wet deposition of mercury in southern Florida

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1421-1435

  Dvonch, J Timothy ^a   Keeler, Gerald J ^a   Marsik, Frank J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DEPOSITION; DOPPLER RADAR; MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC ELEMENTS; VOLUME-WEIGHTED MEAN (VWM); WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPPLER (WSR-88D); WET DEPOSITION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

DOPPLER RADAR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WET DEPOSITION;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744587241     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2272.1     Document Type: Article

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