Regional distribution and emissions of mercury in east Asia: A modeling analysis of Asian Pacific Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-Asia) observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Pan, Li ^a   Woo, Jung Hun ^b   Carmichael, Gregory R ^a   Tang, Youhua ^a   Friedli, Hans R ^c   Radke, Lawrence F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MERCURY (METAL); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); TRACER;

EID: 33646805420     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006381     Document Type: Article

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