The relative importance of chlorine and bromine radicals in the oxidation of atmospheric mercury at Barrow, Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Stephens, Chelsea R ^a   Shepson, Paul B ^a,b,c   Steffen, Alexandra ^d   Bottenheim, Jan W ^d   Liao, Jin ^e   Huey, L Greg ^e   Apel, Eric ^f   Weinheimer, Andy ^f   Hall, Samuel R ^f   Cantrell, Christopher ^f   Sive, Barkley C ^g,h   Knapp, D J ^f   Montzka, D D ^f   Hornbrook, Rebecca S ^f  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^h APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE; MERCURY (METAL); OZONE; OZONE LAYER; RATE CONSTANTS; SEA ICE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; BACK TRAJECTORIES; CL ATOMS; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIRST-ORDER; GASEOUS ELEMENTAL MERCURY; MERCURY DEPLETION EVENTS; MIDLATITUDES; MOLE FRACTION; OZONE DEPLETION; POLAR REGIONS; PRIMARY FACTORS; PRIMARY PATHWAY; REACTIVE GASEOUS MERCURY; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SNOW AND ICE; STEADY STATE; TIME SPENT;

BROMINE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BROMINE; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FIELD METHOD; LATITUDE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; OZONE; POLAR REGION; SEA ICE; SNOWPACK; TOXIC MATERIAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; BARROW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857944451     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016649     Document Type: Article

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