Patterns of mercury dispersion from local and regional emission sources, rural Central Wisconsin, USA

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4467-4476

  Kolker, A ^a   Olson, M L ^b   Krabbenhoft, D P ^b   Tate, M T ^b   Engle, M A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; EMISSION INVENTORY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POINT SOURCE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POWER PLANT; RURAL AREA; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 77952540362     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-4467-2010     Document Type: Article

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