Mercury in cloud water collected on Mt. Bamboo in northern Taiwan during the northeast monsoon season

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 4454-4462

  Sheu, Guey Rong ^a   Lin, Neng Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Coal combustion; Long range transport; Sea salt aerosols

Indexed keywords

ASIAN CONTINENT; BELOW-CLOUD; BIOMASS-BURNING; CLOUD WATER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EAST ASIA; ELEMENT RATIOS; EMISSION SOURCES; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; ION ANALYSIS; ION CONCENTRATIONS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MAJOR IONS; MOLAR RATIO; NORTHEAST MONSOON; NORTHERN TAIWAN; SEA SALT AEROSOL; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TOTAL MERCURIES; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN SITE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BAMBOO; CHLORINE; COAL COMBUSTION; IONS; LANDFORMS; MERCURY (METAL);

SEAWATER;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; MAGNESIUM ION; MERCURY; NITRATE; POTASSIUM ION; PROTON; RAIN; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; WATER;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CLOUD WATER; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; FOSSIL FUEL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MONSOON; MOUNTAIN REGION; PH; RAINWATER; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEA SALT; URBAN SITE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLOUD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; OXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; TAIWAN; WATER ANALYSIS; WIND;

TAIWAN;

EID: 79959871725     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.036     Document Type: Article

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