An improved global model for air-sea exchange of mercury: High concentrations over the North Atlantic

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 8574-8580

  Soerensen, Anne L ^a,b   Sunderland, Elsie M ^b,c   Holmes, Christopher D ^b   Jacob, Daniel J ^b   Yantosca, Robert M ^b   Skov, Henrik ^a   Christensen, Jesper H ^a   Strode, Sarah A ^d   Mason, Robert P ^e  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA EXCHANGE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CHEMICAL MECHANISM; EKMAN PUMPING; GLOBAL MODELS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN MIXED LAYERS; ORIGINAL MODEL; PARAMETRIZATIONS; SEASONAL TRENDS; SPECIFIC VALUES; SUB-SURFACE OCEAN; SUBSURFACE WATERS; SURFACE OCEAN;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; REDOX REACTIONS; SURFACE REACTIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; SURFACE WATER;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EKMAN PUMPING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; REDOX POTENTIAL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AIR; AIR SEA EXCHANGE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOOXIDATION; PROCESS MODEL; SEA; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77956042404     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es102032g     Document Type: Article

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