Spatial variability of mercury wet deposition in Eastern Ohio: Summertime meteorological case study analysis of local source influences

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4946-4953

  White, Emily M ^a   Keeler, Gerald J ^a   Landis, Matthew S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; CASE STUDY ANALYSIS; COAL-FIRED UTILITIES; COMBUSTION EMISSIONS; CONCENTRATION OF; DEGREE OF VARIABILITY; HG CONCENTRATIONS; LOCAL SOURCE; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MIXING HEIGHT; NEAR-FIELD; OHIO RIVER VALLEY; POINT SOURCES; PRECIPITATION DATA; RAIN RATES; RECEPTOR SITES; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; SOURCE-RECEPTOR RELATIONSHIPS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; VOLUME-WEIGHTED MEANS; WET DEPOSITION; WIND SPEED;

COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MERCURY (METAL); RAIN; WIND EFFECTS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

COAL; MERCURY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SPATIAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRECIPITATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCINERATION; MERCURY; METALLURGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OHIO; PETROLEUM; POWER PLANTS; RAIN; SEASONS;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; STEUBENVILLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649980763     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es803214h     Document Type: Article

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