Urban-rural differences in atmospheric mercury speciation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2013-2023

  Liu, Bian ^a   Keeler, Gerald J ^a   Timothy Dvonch, J ^a   Barres, James A ^a   Lynam, Mary M ^a,c   Marsik, Frank J ^a   Morgan, Joy Taylor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c Marygrove College   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaseous elemental mercury (GEM); Local sources; Particulate phase mercury (Hgp); Photochemistry; Reactive gaseous mercury (RGM)

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; DETROIT; DIRECT IMPACT; GASEOUS ELEMENTAL MERCURY; HG CONCENTRATIONS; LOCAL SOURCE; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MICHIGAN; PARTICULATE MERCURY; PARTICULATE PHASE MERCURIES; PHOTOCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; REACTIVE GASEOUS MERCURY; RURAL SITE; STANDARD DEVIATION; TEMPORAL SCALE; URBAN AREAS; URBAN SITE; URBAN-RURAL; WIND-FLOW PATTERN;

FLOW PATTERNS; GEMS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN SITE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WIND;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952957217     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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