Atmospheric deposition of mercury and major ions to the Pensacola (Florida) watershed: Spatial, seasonal, and inter-annual variability

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5425-5434

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AgCert Services PetroAlgae Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHLORIDE; EMISSION; ION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEASONAL VARIATION; SODIUM; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; PENSACOLA BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953865521     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-5425-2010     Document Type: Article

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