Quantitative assessment of upstream source influences on total gaseous mercury observations in Ontario, Canada

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1405-1415

  Wen, D ^a   Lin, J C ^a   Meng, F ^a   Gbor, P K ^a   He, Z ^a   Sloan, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING BIAS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 79951639645     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-1405-2011     Document Type: Article

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