Diurnal and seasonal variation of mercury species at coastal-suburban, urban, and rural sites in the southeastern United States

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 499-508

  Nair, Udaysankar S ^a   Wu, Yuling ^b   Walters, Justin ^c   Jansen, John ^c   Edgerton, Eric S ^d  

^a University of Alabama in Huntsville   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN COMPANY   (United States)

^d Atmospheric Research and Analysis Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric mercury; Boundary layer processes; Diurnal patterns; Seasonal variation; Southeastern U.S.

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; BOUNDARY LAYER PROCESSES; DIURNAL PATTERN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHEASTERN U.S.;

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MIXING;

MERCURY (METAL);

GASEOUS ELEMENTAL MERCURY; GASEOUS OXIDIZED MERCURY; MERCURY; PARTICLE BOUND MERCURY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBURBAN AREA; VERTICAL MIXING;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

ALABAMA; ATLANTA; BIRMINGHAM [ALABAMA]; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GEORGIA; PENSACOLA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84155165021     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.09.056     Document Type: Article

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