Oxidation of elemental Hg in anthropogenic and marine airmasses

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2827-2836

  Timonen, H ^a,b   Ambrose, J L ^a   Jaffe, D A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; OZONE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ASIA;

EID: 84875724643     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-2827-2013     Document Type: Article

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