Ten-year trends in atmospheric mercury concentrations, meteorological effects and climate variables at Zeppelin, Ny-Ålesund

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 6575-6586

  Berg, T ^a   Pfaffhuber, K A ^b   Cole, A S ^c   Engelsen, O ^b   Steffen, A ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); PARAMETERIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; ZEPPELIN STATION;

EID: 84880615913     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-6575-2013     Document Type: Article

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