Fast time resolution oxidized mercury measurements during the reno atmospheric mercury intercomparison experiment (RAMIX)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 7285-7294

  Ambrose, Jesse L ^a   Lyman, Seth N ^a   Huang, Jiaoyan ^c   Gustin, Mae S ^c   Jaffe, Daniel A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; GASEOUS ELEMENTAL MERCURY; GASEOUS OXIDIZED MERCURIES; INTERCOMPARISONS; OXIDIZED MERCURY; RETENTION EFFICIENCIES; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON;

EXPERIMENTS; OXIDATION;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MIXING RATIO; OXIDATION; OZONE; RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER VAPOR;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; SPIKE; WATER VAPOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BROMIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEVADA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OZONE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER;

NEVADA; RENO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875752481     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es303916v     Document Type: Article

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