Influence of snow and ice crystal formation and accumulation on mercury deposition to the arctic

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1542-1551

  Douglas, Thomas A ^a   Sturm, Matthew ^a   Simpson, William R ^b   Blum, Joel D ^c   Alvarez Aviles, Laura ^b   Keeler, Gerald J ^c   Perovich, Donald K ^d   Biswas, Abir ^c   Johnson, Kelsey ^c  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MERCURY (METAL);

ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY DEPLETION EVENTS (AMDE); CRYSTAL FORMATION; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS;

SNOW;

DIAMOND; ICE; MERCURY; SNOW;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MERCURY (METAL); SNOW;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDENSATION; CRYOSPHERE; ICE CRYSTAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MODEL; POLAR REGION; SNOW; SUBLIMATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOACCUMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOWER; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POLYMERIZATION; SPRING; TIME; VAPOR;

ADSORPTION; ARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ICE; MERCURY; SNOW;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40949142812     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070502d     Document Type: Article

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