Atmospheric gaseous mercury concentrations in New York State: Relationships with meteorological data and other pollutants

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 37, 2004, Pages 6431-6446

  Han, Young Ji ^a   Holsen, Thomas M ^a   Lai, Soon Onn ^a   Hopke, Philip K ^b   Yi, Seung Muk ^c   Liu, Wei ^d   Pagano, James ^e   Falanga, Lauren ^e   Milligan, Michael ^f   Andolina, Chris ^f  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal fired power plants; Ozone; RGM; Sulfur; TGM; Water vapor mixing ratio

Indexed keywords

LIQUID WATER; REACTIVE GASEOUS MERCURY (RGM); TOTAL GASEOUS MERCURY (TGM); WATER VAPORS;

AIR POLLUTION; DATA REDUCTION; MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGY; POWER PLANTS; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE; VAPORS;

GASES;

COAL; MERCURY; OZONE; SULFUR; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MIXING RATIO; WATER VAPOR;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CLOUD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FOG; GAS; LIQUID; METEOROLOGY; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WATER VAPOR; WINTER;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7444247361     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.07.031     Document Type: Article

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