Mercury oxidation from bromine chemistry in the free troposphere over the southeastern US

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 3743-3760

  Coburn, Sean ^a,b   Dix, Barbara ^a   Edgerton, Eric ^c   D Holmes, Christopher ^d   Kinnison, Douglas ^e   Liang, Qing ^f   Ter Schure, Arnout ^g   Wang, Siyuan ^a,b,h   Volkamer, Rainer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c Atmospheric Research and Analysis Inc   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BROMINE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961909151     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-3743-2016     Document Type: Article

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