Atmospheric wet deposition of mercury and other trace elements in Pensacola, Florida

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4867-4877

  Landing, W M ^a   Caffrey, J M ^b   Nolek, S D ^c   Gosnell, K J ^d   Parker, W C ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^c DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHLORIDE; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITRATE; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINFALL; SULFATE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACER; VOLATILE ELEMENT; WET DEPOSITION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; PENSACOLA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952990553     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-4867-2010     Document Type: Article

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