Modeling of mercury emission, transport and deposition in North America

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1135-1149

  Gbor, Philip K ^a   Wen, Deyong ^a   Meng, Fan ^a   Yang, Fuquan ^a   Sloan, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

CMAQ; Great Lakes; Mercury; Modelling; Natural emission

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MERCURY (METAL);

ANTHROPOGENIC MERCURY EMISSIONS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; NATURAL EMISSIONS;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

MERCURY; WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOW MODELING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MONITORING; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GAS; MEXICO; MODEL; NORTH AMERICA; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOIL; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WET DEPOSITION;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845925859     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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