European emissions of mercury derived from long-term observations at Mace Head, on the western Irish coast

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 36, 2006, Pages 6966-6974

  Slemr, F ^a   Ebinghaus, R ^b   Simmonds, P G ^c   Jennings, S G ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

CO; Emission; Halocarbons; Inventory; Mercury

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CARBON MONOXIDE; MERCURY (METAL);

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; HALOCARBONS; INVENTORIES; MERCURY EMISSIONS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; HALOCARBON; MERCURY; NITROUS OXIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; EMISSION INVENTORY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION MONITORING;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASIA; IRELAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASIA; CONNACHT; COUNTY GALWAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; IRELAND; MACE HEAD; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748808948     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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