Local and regional factors affecting atmospheric mercury speciation at a remote location

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 491-501

  Manolopoulos, Helen ^a   Schauer, James J ^a   Purcell, Mark D ^a   Rudolph, Todd M ^a   Olson, Mark L ^b   Rodger, Bruce ^c   Krabbenhoft, Dave P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric mercury species; Devil's Lake; Fog; Receptor based modeling; Semi continuous measurements

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COAL FIRED POWER PLANTS; MERCURY SPECIATION; RECEPTOR BASED MODELING; SEMI CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; SOURCE EMISSIONS;

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 38349091087     PISSN: 14962551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/S07-005     Document Type: Article

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