Characterizations of wet mercury deposition to a remote islet (Pengjiayu) in the subtropical Northwest Pacific Ocean

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 474-481

  Sheu, Guey Rong ^a   Lin, Neng Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

East Asia; Long range transport; Precipitation; Rainwater; Total mercury

Indexed keywords

EAST ASIA; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; MERCURY DEPOSITIONS; RAINWATER; TOTAL MERCURIES; VOLUME-WEIGHTED MEANS; WET DEPOSITION FLUX;

MERCURY (METAL); PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TROPICS;

DEPOSITION;

MERCURY; RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD WATER; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINWATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; WET DEPOSITION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY DEPOSITION; FALLING; OXIDATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; WET DEPOSITION; WINTER;

FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84879534979     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.05.038     Document Type: Article

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