Two years of measurements of atmospheric total gaseous mercury (TGM) at a remote site in Mt. Changbai area, Northeastern China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4215-4226

  Fu, X W ^a   Feng, X ^a   Shang, L H ^a   Wang, S F ^b   Zhang, H ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON EMISSION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SURFACE WIND; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

CHINA; TIANJIN;

EID: 84861142338     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-4215-2012     Document Type: Article

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