Atmospheric mercury concentration and chemical speciation at a rural site in Beijing, China: Implications of mercury emission sources

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 10505-10516

  Zhang, L ^a   Wang, S X ^a,b   Wang, L ^a   Hao, J M ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION KEY LABORATORY OF SOURCES AND CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION COMPLEX   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; MIYUN; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84887101278     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-10505-2013     Document Type: Article

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