A relaxed eddy accumulation system for measuring surface fluxes of total gaseous mercury

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 244-257

  Bash, Jesse O ^a,b,c   Miller, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; FLUXES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENTS; MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROFLUIDICS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICS; TURBULENCE;

AVERAGING TIMES; CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENTS; DATA COLLECTED; DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUES; FLUX DYNAMICS; FOREST CANOPIES; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY FLUXES; MERCURY(III); METEOROLOGICAL TOWER; MULTIRESOLUTION (MR); PAPER DOCUMENTS; RELAXED EDDY ACCUMULATION (REA); SURFACE FLUXES; SYSTEM RESPONSES; TIME PERIODS; TOTAL GASEOUS MERCURY (TGM); TURBULENT STATISTICS;

NATURAL RESOURCES;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EDDY COVARIANCE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FOREST CANOPY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 40549139071     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JTECHA908.1     Document Type: Article

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