An analysis of simulated wet deposition of mercury from the North American Mercury Model Intercomparison Study

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Bullock Jr , O Russell ^a   Atkinson, Dwight ^a   Braverman, Thomas ^a   Civerolo, Kevin ^b   Dastoor, Ashu ^c   Davignon, Didier ^c   Ku, Jia Yeong ^b   Lohman, Kristen ^d   Myers, Thomas C ^e   Park, Rokjin J ^f   Seigneur, Christian ^d   Selin, Noelle E ^g   Sistla, Gopal ^b   Vijayaraghavan, Krish ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SIMULATORS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITIES; GEOGRAPHIC PATTERN; INTERCOMPARISON; INTERCONTINENTAL TRANSPORT; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MEAN VALUES; MERCURY DEPOSITION NETWORKS; MERCURY DEPOSITIONS; MODEL ACCURACY; MONITORING SITES; NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION PROGRAMS; NORTH AMERICAN; POLLUTANT EMISSION; PRECIPITATION DATA; REGIONAL MODEL; REGIONAL MODELING; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SITE TO SITES; TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; WET DEPOSITION;

DEPOSITION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRACE ELEMENT; WET DEPOSITION;

NORTH AMERICA;

MERCURIALIS ANNUA;

EID: 66949166716     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011224     Document Type: Article

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