Testing the use of passive sampling systems for understanding air mercury concentrations and dry deposition across Florida, USA

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 424, Issue , 2012, Pages 297-307

  Peterson, Christianna ^a   Alishahi, Musheng ^a   Gustin, Mae Sexauer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry deposition; Gaseous oxidized mercury; Passive samplers; Surrogate surfaces

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; DERIVED DATA; DRY DEPOSITION; DRY DEPOSITION MODELS; FLORIDA; FLORIDA , USA; HG CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY ANALYZERS; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY DEPOSITION NETWORKS; OXIDIZED MERCURY; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; PASSIVE SAMPLING; POTENTIAL DEPOSITION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURROGATE SURFACES; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TOTAL GASEOUS MERCURIES; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; MERCURY (METAL); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DEPOSITION;

MERCURY;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY DEPOSITION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MODELING;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSTRUMENT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PASSIVE SAMPLING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; GASES; MERCURY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; SEASONS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859769392     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.02.031     Document Type: Article

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