Use of a global model to understand speciated atmospheric mercury observations at five high-elevation sites

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1161-1173

  Weiss Penzias, P ^a   Amos, H M ^b   Selin, N E ^c   Gustin, M S ^d   Jaffe, D A ^e   Obrist, D ^f   Sheu, G R ^g   Giang, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^f DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ELEVATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MIXING RATIO; OZONE; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961289434     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-1161-2015     Document Type: Article

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