GNAQPMS-Hg v1.0, a global nested atmospheric mercury transport model: Model description, evaluation and application to trans-boundary transport of Chinese anthropogenic emissions

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2857-2876

  Chen, H S ^a   Wang, Z F ^a   Li, J ^a   Tang, X ^a   Ge, B Z ^a   Wu, X L ^a   Wild, O ^b   Carmichael, G R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; EMISSION INVENTORY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION;

CHINA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KOREA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84941352762     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-8-2857-2015     Document Type: Article

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