Mercury species measured atop the Moody Tower TRAMP site, Houston, Texas

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 33, 2010, Pages 4045-4055

  Brooks, Steven ^a   Luke, Winston ^a   Cohen, Mark ^a   Kelly, Paul ^a   Lefer, Barry ^b   Rappenglück, Bernhard ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

FPM; GEM; Houston; Mercury; RGM; TexAQS II

Indexed keywords

FPM; HOUSTON; MERCURY; RGM; TEXAQS-II;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY DERIVATIVE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMBUSTION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PARTICLE SIZE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DYNAMICS; GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES; WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956506328     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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