Influence of long-range transboundary transport on atmospheric water vapor mercury collected at the largest city of Tibet

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 566-567, Issue , 2016, Pages 1215-1222

  Huang, Jie ^a,c,d   Kang, Shichang ^b,c   Tian, Lide ^a,c   Guo, Junming ^a,e   Zhang, Qianggong ^a,c   Cong, Zhiyuan ^a,c   Sillanpää, Mika ^d   Sun, Shiwei ^b,e   Tripathee, Lekhendra ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^d LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric water vapor; Long range transboundary atmospheric transport; Mercury; Monsoon circulation; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IONS; MERCURY (METAL); MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINANTS; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; BELOW-CLOUD SCAVENGING; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY; MONSOON CIRCULATIONS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; MAGNESIUM ION; MERCURY; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONICS; HUMIDITY; HYDROLOGY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MONSOON SEASON; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASON; TIBET; WATER VAPOR; AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS;

CHINA; INDIA; LHASA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; MERCURY; STEAM; TIBET;

EID: 84976483856     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.177     Document Type: Article

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