A passive sampler for ambient gaseous oxidized mercury concentrations

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 246-252

  Lyman, Seth N ^a   Gustin, Mae S ^a   Prestbo, Eric M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Frontier Geosciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric; Gaseous oxidized mercury; Monitoring; Passive sampler; RGM

Indexed keywords

DETECTION LIMITS; FIELD DATA; OXIDIZED MERCURY; OZONE CONCENTRATION; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OZONE; WIND TUNNELS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); SAMPLER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WIND VELOCITY;

ACCURACY; AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMIDITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PASSIVE SAMPLER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLER; VELOCITY; WIND;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73249139259     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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