Intercomparison study of atmospheric mercury models: 1. Comparison of models with short-term measurements

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 376, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 228-240

  Ryaboshapko, Alexey ^a   Bullock Jr , O Russell ^b,d   Christensen, Jesper ^c   Cohen, Mark ^d   Dastoor, Ashu ^e   Ilyin, Ilia ^a   Petersen, Gerhard ^f   Syrakov, Dimiter ^g   Artz, Richard S ^d   Davignon, Didier ^e   Draxler, Roland R ^d   Munthe, John ^h  

^a EMEP   (Russian Federation)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^h IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atmospheric concentrations; Atmospheric transport; Mercury species; Model intercomparison; Numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MERCURY (METAL);

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; MERCURY SPECIES; MODEL INTERCOMPARISON; TOTAL PARTICULATE MERCURY (TPM);

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

MERCURY;

AMBIENT AIR; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMISSION INVENTORY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITOR; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; GERMANY; IRELAND; MERCURY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SWEDEN; UNCERTAINTY;

CARDIGAN BAY; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947117295     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.01.072     Document Type: Article

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