Atmospheric mercury depletion event study in Ny-Alesund (Svalbard) in spring 2005. Deposition and transformation of Hg in surface snow during springtime

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 397, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 167-177

  Ferrari, Christophe P ^a,b   Padova, Cyril ^a   Faïn, Xavier ^a   Gauchard, Pierre Alexis ^a   Dommergue, Aurélien ^a,b   Aspmo, Katrine ^c,d   Berg, Torunn ^c   Cairns, Warren ^e   Barbante, Carlo ^e,f   Cescon, Paolo ^e,f   Kaleschke, Lars ^g   Richter, Andreas ^h   Wittrock, Folkard ^h   Boutron, Claude ^a,i  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

AMDEs; Chemical transformation; Deposition; Mercury; Snow

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; OXIDATION; OZONE;

AIR MASSES; GASEOUS ELEMENTAL MERCURY;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DIURNAL VARIATION; EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; SNOW; SPRING (SEASON); TRANSFORMATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING;

ARCTIC; NY-ALESUND; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 43049124445     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.01.064     Document Type: Article

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