Modeling dynamic exchange of gaseous elemental mercury at polar sunrise

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 5183-5188

  Dastoor, Ashu P ^a   Davignon, Didier ^a   Theys, Nicolas ^b   Van Roozendael, Michel ^b   Steffen, Alexandra ^a   Ariya, Parisa A ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; GEMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; GASEOUS ELEMENTAL MERCURY (GEM); H IGH CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY CHEMISTRY; MERCURY DEPOSITIONS; MERCURY(III); NET GAIN; POLAR REGIONS; RAPID CYCLING; RE-EMISSION; REDOX TRANSFORMATIONS; SATELLITE DATA; SURFACE EXCHANGES; TOTAL MERCURY (THG);

MERCURY (METAL);

BROMINE DERIVATIVE; HALOGEN; MERCURY; SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GAS EXCHANGE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; POLAR REGION; SATELLITE DATA;

AIR; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; MODEL; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SPRING; SUMMER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ARCTIC REGIONS; MERCURY; PERIODICITY; SEASONS; SNOW; SUNLIGHT;

ARCTIC;

EID: 48249124514     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800291w     Document Type: Article

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