Comparisons of mercury sources and atmospheric mercury processes between a coastal and inland site

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2434-2443

  Cheng, Irene ^a   Zhang, Leiming ^b   Blanchard, Pierrette ^b   Dalziel, John ^b   Tordon, Rob ^b   Huang, Jiaoyan ^c   Holsen, Thomas M ^c  

^a Air Quality Research Division Science and Technology Branch Environment Canada ^*

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Wallace H Coulter School of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

mercury sources; source receptor; speciated mercury

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COAL COMBUSTION; COASTAL ENGINEERING; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRAJECTORIES;

EMISSIONS REDUCTION; GASEOUS ELEMENTAL MERCURY; GASEOUS OXIDIZED MERCURIES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SOURCE-RECEPTOR; SPECIATED MERCURY; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO;

MERCURY (METAL);

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL INDUSTRY; COASTAL ZONE; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDENSATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MIXING; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84878143080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50169     Document Type: Article

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