Do we understand what the mercury speciation instruments are actually measuring? Results of RAMIX

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 7295-7306

  Gustin, Mae Sexauer ^a   Huang, Jiaoyan ^a   Miller, Matthieu B ^a   Peterson, Christianna ^a   Jaffe, Daniel A ^b,c   Ambrose, Jesse ^b   Finley, Brandon D ^b   Lyman, Seth N ^b   Call, Kevin ^b   Talbot, Robert ^d   Feddersen, Dara ^e   Mao, Huiting ^f   Lindberg, Steven E ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d University of Houston   (United States)

^e University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^g OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION OF STANDARDS; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; INTERCOMPARISONS; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; MERCURY SPECIATIONS; OXIDIZED MERCURY; SAMPLING LOCATION; UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILTER; FLUORESCENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BROMIDES; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEVADA; OZONE;

EID: 84875711923     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3039104     Document Type: Article

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