Speciated mercury at marine, coastal, and inland sites in New England-Part 1: Temporal variability

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5099-5112

  Mao, H ^a   Talbot, R ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; INVERSION LAYER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MIXING RATIO; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SPRING (SEASON); WINTER;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862131251     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-5099-2012     Document Type: Article

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