Distribution of atmospheric mercury in northern Southeast Asia and South China Sea during Dongsha Experiment

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 78, Issue , 2013, Pages 174-183

  Sheu, Guey Rong ^a   Lin, Neng Huei ^a   Lee, Chung Te ^a   Wang, Jia Lin ^a   Chuang, Ming Tung ^a   Wang, Sheng Hsiang ^a   Chi, Kai Hsine ^b   Ou Yang, Chang Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Dongsha Island; Dust storm; Indochina Peninsula

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING REGIONS; BIOMASS-BURNING; DONGSHA ISLAND; DUST STORM; INDOCHINA PENINSULA; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BIOMASS; EXPERIMENTS; MERCURY (METAL); STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

MERCURY;

AIR MASS; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST STORM; EMISSION INVENTORY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND FIELD;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMASS; DUST; HURRICANE; MARINE BIOLOGY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPRING; THAILAND; URBAN AREA; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CHIANG MAI [NORTHERN REGION]; DA NANG; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRATAS ISLANDS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN; THAILAND; VIET NAM;

EID: 84879576822     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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