Analysis and interpretation of 18 years of mercury observations since 1996 at Mace Head, Ireland

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 100, Issue , 2015, Pages 85-93

  Weigelt, A ^a   Ebinghaus, R ^a   Manning, A J ^b   Derwent, R G ^c   Simmonds, P G ^d   Spain, T G ^e   Jennings, S G ^e   Slemr, F ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c RDSCIENTIFIC   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric mercury; Long term measurements; Mace Head; Seasonality; Trend; Trend change

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; METEOROLOGY; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; MACE HEAD; SEASONALITY; TREND; TREND CHANGE;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; SURFACE WATER;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EOS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; IRELAND; LATITUDE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CONNACHT; COUNTY GALWAY; IRELAND; MACE HEAD;

EID: 84918538452     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.10.050     Document Type: Article

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