Total gaseous mercury concentrations at the Cape Point GAW station and their seasonality

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Slemr, F ^a   Brunke, E G ^b   Labuschagne, C ^b   Ebinghaus, R ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS;

GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE WATCH; LONG TERM; SEASONALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TOTAL GASEOUS MERCURY;

MERCURY (METAL);

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEASUREMENT METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

AFRICA; CAPE POINT; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 49849091020     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033741     Document Type: Article

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