Constraints from observations and modeling on atmosphere-surface exchange of mercury in eastern North America

Elementa

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Song, Shaojie ^a   Selin, Noelle E ^a   Gratz, Lynne E ^b   Ambrose, Jesse L ^c   Jaffe, Daniel A ^d,e   Shah, Viral ^e   Jaeglé, Lyatt ^e   Giang, Amanda ^a   Yuan, Bin ^f,g   Kaser, Lisa ^h   Apel, Eric C ^h   Hornbrook, Rebecca S ^h   Blake, Nicola J ⁱ   Weinheimer, Andrew J ^h   Mauldin, Roy L ^g,j   Cantrell, Christopher A ^g   Castro, Mark S ^k   Conley, Gary ^l   Holsen, Thomas M ^m   Luke, Winston T ⁿ   Talbot, Robert ^o   more..

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology   (United States)

^c University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^l OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m Clarkson University   (United States)

ⁿ NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Silver Spring   (United States)

^o University of Houston   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DATA ACQUISITION; EOS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITROGEN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OXIDANT; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WET DEPOSITION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84986268719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23251026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12952/journal.elementa.000100     Document Type: Article

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