Trends in air concentration and deposition of mercury in the coastal environment of the North Sea Area

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2612-2619

  Wangberg I ^a   Munthe, J ^a   Berg, T ^b   Ebinghaus, R ^c   Kock, H H ^c   Temme, C ^c   Bieber, E ^d   Spain, T G ^e   Stolk, A ^f  

^a IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atmospheric mercury; Long range transport; Mercury deposition

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EMISSION CONTROL; MERCURY (METAL); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT; MERCURY DEPOSITION; TOTAL GASEOUS MERCURY (TGM);

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

MERCURY;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; TREND ANALYSIS; WET DEPOSITION;

ACCURACY; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COASTAL WATERS; EVALUATION; GAS; MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTANT; WET DEPOSITION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 33947233310     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.11.024     Document Type: Article

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