Seasonal and diurnal patterns of speciated atmospheric mercury at a coastal-rural and a coastal-urban site

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 82, Issue , 2014, Pages 193-205

  Cheng, Irene ^a   Zhang, Leiming ^b   Mao, Huiting ^c   Blanchard, Pierrette ^b   Tordon, Rob ^b   Dalziel, John ^b  

^a Environment Canada ^*  (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient concentration; Atmospheric mercury; Coastal locations; Marine airflows; Trajectory analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MERCURY (METAL); RURAL AREAS; TRAJECTORIES;

AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; COASTAL LOCATIONS; MARINE AIRFLOWS; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS;

URBAN GROWTH;

MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RURAL AREA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAJECTORY; URBAN AREA;

AIR MONITORING; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CANADA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEA; SEASHORE; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; URBAN AREA; WIND; WINTER;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 84887157357     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.10.016     Document Type: Article

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