Sources of gaseous oxidized mercury and mercury dry deposition at two southeastern U.S. sites

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 4569-4579

  Weiss Penzias, Peter S ^a   Gustin, Mae S ^b   Lyman, Seth N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal fired power plants; Dry deposition; Emissions sources; Gaseous oxidized mercury; Pollution transport; Southeastern United States; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; DRY DEPOSITION; OXIDIZED MERCURY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COAL; COAL FUELED FURNACES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; MERCURY (METAL); SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TROPOSPHERE;

DEPOSITION;

GASEOUS OXIDIZED MERCURY; MERCURY; SULFUR DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; DRY DEPOSITION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RESEARCH WORK; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFUR DIOXIDE; TROPOSPHERE; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COAL POWER; DRY DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; GAS; OXIDATION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GEORGIA; PENSACOLA; UNITED STATES; YORKVILLE;

EID: 79960598851     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.069     Document Type: Article

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