Wet deposition of mercury in the U.S. and Canada, 1996-2005: Results and analysis of the NADP mercury deposition network (MDN)

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 4223-4233

  Prestbo, Eric M ^a   Gay, David A ^b  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

MDN; Mercury; Temporal trends; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CALIFORNIA; CONCENTRATION TRENDS; CONTINUOUS VALUE; CRITICAL MEASUREMENTS; DATA SETS; DEPOSITION FLUXES; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; FLORIDA; MDN; MERCURY; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY DEPOSITION NETWORKS; MERCURY DEPOSITIONS; MINNESOTA; NON-PARAMETRIC; OHIO RIVER; PENNSYLVANIA; POLICY MAKERS; PUBLIC INTEREST; SEASONAL KENDALL TRENDS; SOUTH FLORIDA; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TOTAL MERCURIES; WET DEPOSITION;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEPOSITION;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY DERIVATIVE;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SITE INVESTIGATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WET DEPOSITION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WET DEPOSITION; WINTER;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651067553     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.05.028     Document Type: Article

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