Arctic mercury depletion and its quantitative link with halogens

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 145-170

  Mao, Huiting ^a   Talbot, Robert W ^b   Sive, Barkley C ^c   Youn Kim, Su ^d   Blake, Donald R ^e   Weinheimer, Andrew J ^f  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

ARCTAS; Arctic spring; Halogens; Mercury depletion event; Ozone depletion event

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; BROMINE; BUTANE; HALOGEN; HEXANE; MERCURY; OZONE; PENTANE; PROPANE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ALKANE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; HALOGEN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADICAL; RESEARCH WORK; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR SAMPLING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; OZONE DEPLETION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SPRING; SUMMER; WIND;

ARCTIC; CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 77956043057     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: 15730662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-011-9186-1     Document Type: Review

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