Estimation of Hg0 exchange between ecosystems and the atmosphere using 222Rn and Hg0 concentration changes in the stable nocturnal boundary layer

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 856-866

  Obrist, Daniel ^a   Conen, Franz ^a   Vogt, Roland ^a   Siegwolf, Rolf ^b   Alewell, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

222Rn accumulation; Elemental atmospheric mercury; Flux measurements

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ECOSYSTEMS; METEOROLOGY; RADON; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

222RN ACCUMULATION; ELEMENTAL ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; FLUX MEASUREMENTS; GAS CONCENTRATIONS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; RADON 222;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BOWEN RATIO; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MICROMETEOROLOGY; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; LANDSCAPE; METEOROLOGY; NIGHT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 29844458185     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.10.012     Document Type: Article

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