Origin of oxidized mercury in the summertime free troposphere over the southeastern US

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1511-1530

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^k University of New Hampshire   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ANTICYCLONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84958213702     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-1511-2016     Document Type: Article

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