Global emission of mercury to the atmosphere from anthropogenic sources in 2005 and projections to 2020

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2487-2499

  Pacyna, E G ^a   Pacyna, J M ^a,b   Sundseth, K ^a   Munthe, J ^c   Kindbom, K ^c   Wilson, S ^d   Steenhuisen, F ^e   Maxson, P ^f  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme AMAP Secretariat   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f Concorde East/West Sprl ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic sources; Current levels; Future scenarios; Global emissions; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ATMOSPHERE COMPONENTS; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; CURRENT LEVELS; DATA SETS; EMISSIONS INVENTORY; GLOBAL EMISSIONS; GLOBAL INVENTORIES; GLOBAL SCALE; MAIN COMPONENT; MERCURY EMISSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; MERCURY (METAL);

AIR POLLUTION;

MERCURY;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION; FUTURE PROSPECT; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77953613903     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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