Nested-grid simulation of mercury over North America

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 6095-6111

  Zhang, Y ^a   Jaegle L ^a   Van Donkelaar, A ^b   Martin, R V ^b,c   Holmes, C D ^d   Amos, H M ^e   Wang, Q ^f   Talbot, R ^g   Artz, R ^h   Brooks, S ^h   Luke, W ^h   Holsen, T M ⁱ   Felton, D ^j   Miller, E K ^k   Perry, K D ^l   Schmeltz, D ^m   Steffen, A ⁿ   Tordon, R ⁿ   Weiss Penzias, P ^o   Zsolway, R ^p  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g University of Houston   (United States)

^h NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ Wallace H Coulter School of Engineering   (United States)

^j NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^k Ecosystems Research Group   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^m U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

ⁿ ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY DEPOSITION; EMISSION INVENTORY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POINT SOURCE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SIMULATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WET DEPOSITION;

OHIO VALLEY [PENNSYLVANIA-OHIO]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864185747     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-6095-2012     Document Type: Article

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