Seasonal and spatial patterns of mercury wet deposition in the United States: Constraints on the contribution from North American anthropogenic sources

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 5193-5204

  Selin, Noelle E ^a   Jacob, Daniel J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Downwelling; Mercury; United States; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DEPOSITION; DRAG REDUCTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BEST ESTIMATES (BE); CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODEL (CTM); DEE P CONVECTION; DRY DEPOSITION; ELSEVIER (CO); HIGHER LATITUDES; MERCURY(III); MODEL ACCOUNTS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SPATIAL PATTERNING; TOTAL MERCURY (THG); UNITED STATES; WET DEPOSITION FLUXES; WET-DEPOSITION;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; DOWNWELLING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; DRY DEPOSITION; LATITUDE; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; WET DEPOSITION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45449110200     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.02.069     Document Type: Article

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