Dynamic exchange of gaseous elemental mercury during polar night and day

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 35, 2009, Pages 5604-5610

  Steen, Anne Orderdalen ^a   Berg, Torunn ^a,b   Dastoor, Ashu P ^c   Durnford, Dorothy A ^c   Hole, Lars Robert ^d   Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Flux gradient; Gaseous elemental mercury; Ny lesund

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; FLUX GRADIENTS; GASEOUS ELEMENTAL MERCURY; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; NON-LINEAR; NON-LINEARITY; NONSTATIONARY; REACTIVE GASEOUS MERCURY; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SURFACE BOUNDARY-LAYER; SURFACE SNOW; SVALBARD; TIME PERIODS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; GRADIENT METHODS; MERCURY (METAL); SNOW;

GEMS;

MERCURY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DEPOSITION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SNOW; TURBULENCE;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS EXCHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER;

ARCTIC;

EID: 71749121199     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.07.069     Document Type: Article

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