Global lifetime of elemental mercury against oxidation by atomic bromine in the free troposphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 2006, Pages

  Holmes, Christopher D ^a   Jacob, Daniel J ^a   Yang, Xin ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BROMINE; FREE RADICALS; OXIDATION; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC LIFETIME; ELEMENTAL MERCURY;

MERCURY (METAL);

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC SINK; BROMINE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NUMERICAL METHOD; OXIDATION; RADICAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION; TROPOSPHERE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33845675677     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027176     Document Type: Article

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