Estimation of speciated and total mercury dry deposition at monitoring locations in eastern and central North America

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4327-4340

  Zhang, L ^a   Blanchard, P ^a   Gay, D A ^b   Prestbo, E M ^c   Risch, M R ^d   Johnson, D ^e   Narayan, J ^a   Zsolway, R ^f   Holsen, T M ^g   Miller, E K ^h   Castro, M S ⁱ   Graydon, J A ^j   St Louis, V L ^j   Dalziel, J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^c Tekran Instruments Corporation   (Canada)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e Convex Logic ^*  (Canada)

^f NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^g Clarkson University   (United States)

^h Ecosystems Research Group Ltd   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY DEPOSITION; LITTERFALL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84862094807     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-4327-2012     Document Type: Article

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