Studies of potential sources that contributed to atmospheric mercury in Toronto, Canada

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 39, 2009, Pages 6145-6158

  Cheng, Irene ^a   Lu, Julia ^a   Song, Xinjie ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

GEM; GOIM; Mercury sources; RGM; Speciation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; BACK TRAJECTORIES; CANADIAN NATIONALS; CHEMICAL PRODUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIRECT EMISSIONS; GASEOUS ELEMENTAL MERCURY; INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; INORGANIC MERCURY; METAL PRODUCTION; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESS; POINT SOURCES; POLLUTANT RELEASE; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION MODELS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; RATIO ANALYSIS; REACTIVE GASEOUS MERCURY; SAMPLING SITE; SOURCE PROFILES; TORONTO , CANADA;

AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COAL COMBUSTION; ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; GEMS; OZONE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

MERCURY (METAL);

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

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CORRELATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; OZONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CANADA; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAS ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 71649099257     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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