Modeling the atmospheric transport and deposition of mercury to the Great Lakes

Environmental Research

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-265

  Cohen, Mark ^a   Artz, Richard ^a   Draxler, Roland ^a   Miller, Paul ^b   Poissant, Laurier ^c   Niemi, David ^c   Ratté, Dominique ^c   Deslauriers, Marc ^c   Duval, Roch ^d   Laurin, Rachelle ^d,h   Slotnick, Jennifer ^e   Nettesheim, Todd ^f   McDonald, John ^g  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Commn for Environmental Cooperation ^*  (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f US EPA Gt Lakes Natl Prog Office   (United States)

^g International Joint Commission   (Canada)

^h DPRA Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Emissions; Great Lakes; Mercury; Source receptor modeling

Indexed keywords

COAL; MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMBUSTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISPERSION; DRY DEPOSITION; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MODEL; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOURCE SINK RELATIONSHIP; WATER CONTAMINATION; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR MOVEMENTS; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GREAT LAKES REGION; INCINERATION; MERCURY; METALLURGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 3042545180     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2003.11.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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