GEM fluxes and atmospheric mercury concentrations (GEM, RGM and Hgp) in the Canadian Arctic at Alert, Nunavut, Canada (February-June 2005)

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 31, 2007, Pages 6527-6543

  Cobbett, Frank D ^a   Steffen, Alexandra ^b   Lawson, Greg ^b   Van Heyst, Bill J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Flux gradient; Gaseous elemental mercury; Mercury depletion events; Micrometeorology; Particle bound mercury; Reactive gaseous mercury

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGY; WATER CONTENT;

FLUX GRADIENTS; GASEOUS ELEMENTAL MERCURY (GEM); MERCURY DEPLETION EVENTS; MICROMETEOROLOGY; REACTIVE GASEOUS MERCURY (RGM);

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HUMIDITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MICROMETEOROLOGY; SNOWPACK; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TUNDRA; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER CONTENT; WET DEPOSITION;

ALERT; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 34548170798     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.04.033     Document Type: Article

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