Elemental mercury in coastal seawater of Yellow Sea, China: Temporal variation and air-sea exchange

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 183-190

  Ci, Zhijia ^a   Zhang, Xiaoshan ^a   Wang, Zhangwei ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Air sea mercury flux; China; Dissolved gaseous mercury; Total and reactive mercury; Yellow Sea

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DISSOLVED GASEOUS MERCURY; MERCURY FLUXES; TOTAL AND REACTIVE MERCURY; YELLOW SEA;

DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); DISSOLUTION; GEMS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHASE INTERFACES; SEAWATER; SUN; WIND EFFECTS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; ORGANIC CARBON; SEA WATER;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MARINE POLLUTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GAS EXCHANGE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 78449253928     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.09.025     Document Type: Article

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