Mercury concentration and speciation in the coastal and open ocean boundary layer

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Laurier, Fabien ^a   Mason, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DEPOSITION; MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DRY DEPOSITION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OPEN OCEAN; OZONE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WET DEPOSITION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BARBADOS; BERMUDA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES;

EID: 34249660974     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007320     Document Type: Article

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