Overview of mercury measurements in the Antarctic troposphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3309-3319

  Dommergue, A ^a   Sprovieri, F ^b   Pirrone, N ^b   Ebinghaus, R ^c   Brooks, S ^d   Courteaud, J ^a   Ferrari, C P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d NOAA Air Resources Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; DEPOSITION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POLAR REGION; SEA ICE; TROPOSPHERE;

ANTARCTIC PLATEAU; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77950800376     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-3309-2010     Document Type: Article

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