Top-down constraints on atmospheric mercury emissions and implications for global biogeochemical cycling

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 7103-7125

  Song, S ^a   Selin, N E ^a   Soerensen, A L ^b,c   Angot, H ^d   Artz, R ^e   Brooks, S ^f   Brunke, E G ^g   Conley, G ^h   Dommergue, A ^d   Ebinghaus, R ⁱ   Holsen, T M ^j   Jaffe, D A ^k,l   Kang, S ^m,n   Kelley, P ^e,o   Luke, W T ^e   Magand, O ^d   Marumoto, K ^p   Pfaffhuber, K A ^q   Ren, X ^e,o   Sheu, G R ^r   Slemr, F ^s   Warneke, T ^t   Weigelt, A ⁱ   Weiss Penzias, P ^u   Wip, D C ^v   Zhang, Q ^w   more..

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Silver Spring   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^h OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^j Clarkson University   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^m Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

ⁿ CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^p NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^q NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^r NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^s MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^u UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^v ANTON DE KOM UNIVERSITY OF SURINAME   (Suriname)

^w INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 84934325741     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-7103-2015     Document Type: Article

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