Enhanced production of oxidised mercury over the tropical Pacific Ocean: A key missing oxidation pathway

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1323-1335

  Wang, F ^a   Saiz Lopez, A ^b   Mahajan, A S ^b,c   Gomez Martin J C ^b,d   Armstrong, D ^a   Lemes, M ^a   Hay, T ^b   Prados Roman, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; HALOGEN; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION; OZONE;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84893477810     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-1323-2014     Document Type: Article

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