Ambient mercury sources in Rochester, NY: Results from principle components analysis (PCA) of mercury monitoring network data

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 8441-8445

  Huang, Jiaoyan ^a   Choi, Hyun Deok ^a   Hopke, Philip K ^b   Holsen, Thomas M ^a  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; MAJOR FACTORS; MERCURY MONITORING; MERCURY SPECIES; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MOBILE SOURCES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE MERCURY; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRINCIPLE COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; REACTIVE GASEOUS MERCURY; SPECIATED MERCURY;

CARBON MONOXIDE; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

MERCURY (METAL);

CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL; MERCURY; OZONE; SNOW;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OXIDATION; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SNOWMELT; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FIRE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OXIDATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; NEW YORK; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWER PLANTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; ROCHESTER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78449265585     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es102744j     Document Type: Article

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