Seasonal and diurnal variations of atmospheric mercury across the US determined from AMNet monitoring data

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 10569-10582

  Lan, X ^a   Talbot, R ^a   Castro, M ^b   Perry, K ^c   Luke, W ^d  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MIXING RATIO; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOOXIDATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84880602541     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-10569-2012     Document Type: Article

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