Circumpolar measurements of speciated mercury, ozone and carbon monoxide in the boundary layer of the Arctic Ocean

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 5031-5045

  Sommar, J ^a   Andersson, M E ^b   Jacobi, H W ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; AUTUMN; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON MONOXIDE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MIXING RATIO; OZONE; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; SUMMER; TRACE GAS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 77953030435     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-5031-2010     Document Type: Article

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