Oxidation of mercury by bromine in the subtropical Pacific free troposphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 10494-10502

  Gratz, L E ^a   Ambrose, J L ^b   Jaffe, D A ^c,d   Shah, V ^d   Jaegle L ^d   Stutz, J ^e   Festa, J ^e   Spolaor, M ^e   Tsai, C ^e   Selin, N E ^f   Song, S ^f   Zhou, X ^g,h   Weinheimer, A J ⁱ   Knapp, D J ⁱ   Montzka, D D ⁱ   Flocke, F M ⁱ   Campos, T L ⁱ   Apel, E ⁱ   Hornbrook, R ⁱ   Blake, N J ^j   Hall, S ⁱ   Tyndall, G S ⁱ   Reeves, M ⁱ   Stechman, D ⁱ   Stell, M ⁱ   more..

^a Department of Psychology   (United States)

^b University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^h STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

airborne measurements; bromine radicals; free troposphere; NOMADSS; oxidized mercury

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BROMINE; MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; OXIDANTS; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR MASS BACK TRAJECTORIES; AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; FREE TROPOSPHERE; NOMADSS; OXIDIZED MERCURY; TRACE GAS MEASUREMENT;

OXIDATION;

AIR MASS; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BROMINE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; RADICAL; TRACE GAS; TROPOSPHERE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL); TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84953637753     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL066645     Document Type: Article

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