Temporal trend and sources of speciated atmospheric mercury at Waliguan GAW station, Northwestern China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1951-1964

  Fu, X W ^a   Feng, X ^a   Liang, P ^a   Ji, J ^c,c   Zhang, H ^a,b   Liu, P ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Qinghai Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA; GANSU; INDIA; NINGXIA HUIZU; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SHANXI;

EID: 84861177596     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-1951-2012     Document Type: Article

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