Impacts of the Canadian forest fires on atmospheric mercury and carbonaceous particles in northern New York

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 8435-8440

  Wang, Yungang ^a   Huang, Jiaoyan ^b   Zananski, Tiffany J ^a   Hopke, Philip K ^a   Holsen, Thomas M ^b  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; CANADIAN FORESTS; CARBONACEOUS PARTICLES; CONCENTRATION CHANGE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FOREST FIRES; HIGH IMPACT; NEW YORK; NORMAL CONDITION; QUEBEC , CANADA; REACTIVE GASEOUS MERCURY; REGIONAL TRANSPORT; RURAL SITE; SATELLITE IMAGES;

AIR QUALITY; DEFORESTATION; MERCURY (METAL);

FIRES;

CARBON; MERCURY; PARTICLE BOUND MERCURY; REACTIVE GASEOUS MERCURY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST FIRE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MODIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RURAL AREA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FIRE; FOREST; RURAL AREA; SMOKE; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CANADA; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; MERCURY; NEW YORK; PARTICULATE MATTER; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; TREES;

AIR QUALITY; DEFORESTATION; FOREST FIRES; MERCURY; NEW YORK;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78449239573     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1024806     Document Type: Article

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