A 2-year record of atmospheric mercury species at a background Southern Hemisphere station on Amsterdam Island

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 11461-11473

  Angot, H ^a   Barret, M ^a   Magand, O ^a   Ramonet, M ^b   Dommergue, A ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS BURNING; BOUNDARY LAYER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WET DEPOSITION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84908568523     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-11461-2014     Document Type: Article

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