Atmospheric mercury in the marine boundary layer along a cruise path from Shanghai, China to Prydz Bay, Antarctica

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1815-1821

  Xia, Chonghuan ^a   Xie, Zhouqing ^a   Sun, Liguang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Atmosphere; Marine boundary layer (MBL); Mercury

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ANTARCTICA; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; BIOMASS-BURNING; COASTAL REGIONS; DIURNAL CYCLE; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; MERCURY VAPOR; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; POLAR REGIONS; RESEARCH EXPEDITIONS; RESEARCH VESSELS; SHANGHAI , CHINA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TOTAL GASEOUS MERCURIES;

COASTAL ZONES; MERCURY (METAL); SHIPS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

MERCURY;

AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLAR REGION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT; OXIDATION; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLCANO; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTARCTICA; CHINA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PRYDZ BAY; SHANGHAI;

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 77950618856     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.12.039     Document Type: Article

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