How relevant is the deposition of mercury onto snowpacks?-Part 2: A modeling study

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 9251-9274

  Durnford, D ^a   Dastoor, A ^b   Ryzhkov, A ^a   Poissant, L ^b   Pilote, M ^b   Figueras Nieto, D ^b  

^a Independent Researcher   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MELTWATER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MODELING; SEA ICE; SNOWPACK; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ALERT; ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; ELLESMERE ISLAND; HUDSON BAY; KUUJJUARAPIK; NUNAVUT; QUEBEC [CANADA]; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 84869028317     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-9251-2012     Document Type: Article

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