Emissions of mercury in southern Africa derived from long-term observations at Cape Point, South Africa

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 7465-7474

  Brunke, E G ^a   Ebinghaus, R ^b   Kock, H H ^b   Labuschagne, C ^a   Slemr, F ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION INVENTORY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHANE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BOTSWANA; CAPE POINT; LESOTHO; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SWAZILAND; WESTERN CAPE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84875478729     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-7465-2012     Document Type: Article

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