Estimation of mercury loadings to Lake Ontario: Results from the Lake Ontario atmospheric deposition study (LOADS)

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 37, 2007, Pages 8205-8218

  Lai, Soon Onn ^a   Holsen, Thomas M ^a   Han, Young Ji ^b   Hopke, Philip P ^a   Yi, Seung Muk ^c   Blanchard, Pierrette ^d   Pagano, James J ^e   Milligan, Michael ^f  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air water exchange; Atmospheric deposition; Dry deposition; Great Lakes; Mercury; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; MASS TRANSFER; MERCURY (METAL); WATER POLLUTION;

AIR-WATER EXCHANGE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DRY DEPOSITION; WET DEPOSITION;

LAKES;

MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; GAS EXCHANGE; MASS TRANSFER; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DRY DEPOSITION; GAS EXCHANGE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WET DEPOSITION;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; POINT PETRE; STERLING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36049047093     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.06.035     Document Type: Article

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