Mercury Emission Ratios from Coal-Fired Power Plants in the Southeastern United States during NOMADSS

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 10389-10397

  Ambrose, Jesse L ^a   Gratz, Lynne E ^a   Jaffe, Daniel A ^a,b   Campos, Teresa ^c   Flocke, Frank M ^c   Knapp, David J ^c   Stechman, Daniel M ^c   Stell, Meghan ^c   Weinheimer, Andrew J ^c   Cantrell, Christopher A ^d   Mauldin, Roy L ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT PLANTS; COAL; COAL FUELED FURNACES; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; MERCURY (METAL);

AEROSOL DISTRIBUTION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; EMISSIONS MEASUREMENTS; ENHANCEMENT RATIOS; NATIONAL EMISSIONS INVENTORIES; NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS; TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MERCURY; NITROGEN; OXIDIZING AGENT; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; AIRCRAFT; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; EMISSION INVENTORY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITROGEN; OXIDANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COAL POWER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EXHAUST GAS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

UNITED STATES;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; LINEAR MODELS; MERCURY; NITROGEN; OXIDANTS; POWER PLANTS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 84941012100     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01755     Document Type: Article

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