Speciated mercury in size-fractionated particles in Shanghai ambient air

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 3145-3154

  Xiu, Guangli ^a   Cai, Ji ^a   Zhang, Wenying ^a   Zhang, Danian ^a   Büeler, Andreas ^b   Lee, Shuncheng ^c   Shen, Yan ^a   Xu, Lihang ^a   Huang, Xuejuan ^a   Zhang, Ping ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Verfahrenstechnik   (Switzerland)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

HYSPLIT; Mercury; Particulate mercury; Shanghai; Speciation analysis

Indexed keywords

HYSPLIT; MERCURY; PARTICULATE MERCURY; SHANGHAI; SPECIATION ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERICS; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MASS TRANSPORTATION; MERCURY (METAL); PERMANENT MAGNETS;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; MERCURY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLUBILITY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANGHAI;

EID: 67349121228     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.07.044     Document Type: Article

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