The effect of man made source processes on the behavior of total gaseous mercury in air: A comparison between four urban monitoring sites in Seoul Korea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3801-3811

  Kim, Ki Hyun ^a   Shon, Zang Ho ^b   Nguyen, Hang Thi ^c   Jung, Kweon ^d   Park, Chan Goo ^d   Bae, Gwi Nam ^c  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b Dong Eui University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Mann Kendall; Mercury; Seoul; Spatial; Temporal

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC; MANN-KENDALL; SEOUL; SPATIAL; TEMPORAL;

INCINERATION; MERCURY (METAL); THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

MERCURY;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SOIL EMISSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEASONS;

SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 80051787047     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.05.055     Document Type: Article

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