Investigation of mercury deposition and potential sources at six sites from the Pacific Coast to the Great Basin, USA

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 470-471, Issue , 2014, Pages 1099-1113

  Wright, Genine ^a   Gustin, Mae Sexauer ^a   Weiss Penzias, Peter ^b   Miller, Matthieu B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaseous oxidized mercury; Ozone; Passive samplers; Surrogate surfaces

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGY; OZONE;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS; BACK-TRAJECTORY MODELS; DEPOSITION AND CONCENTRATION; GASEOUS OXIDIZED MERCURIES; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; SURROGATE SURFACES; THRESHOLD CONCENTRATIONS;

DEPOSITION;

MERCURY; OXIDIZING AGENT; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY DEPOSITION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; OZONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SAMPLING; TROPOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY DEPOSITION; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASHORE; TROPOSPHERE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WET DEPOSITION;

CALIFORNIA; GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK; NEVADA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

GASEOUS OXIDIZED MERCURY; OZONE; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; SURROGATE SURFACES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NEVADA; OZONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887896121     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.071     Document Type: Article

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