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Mercury Fate and Transport in the Global Atmosphere Emissions, Measurements and Models /

Mercury Fate and Transport in the Global Atmosphere highlights major issues related to the interactions of mercury with terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and evaluates the relative contribution of anthropogenic and natural sources to the global atmospheric mercury budget. This book provides a stat...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Mason, Robert. (Editor), Pirrone, Nicola. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
Subjects:
Environmental sciences.
Environmental law.
Environmental toxicology.
Environmental protection.
Environment.
Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.
Ecotoxicology.
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-93958-2
Table of Contents:
  • Global mercury emissions to the atmosphere from natural and anthropogenic sources
  • Mercury emissions from coal combustion in China
  • Mercury emissions from industrial sources in China
  • Mercury emissions from industrial sources in India&
  • Mercury emissions from point sources in South Africa
  • World emissions of mercury from artisanal and small scale gold mining&- Mercury emissions from natural processes&- Mercury emissions from global biomass burning&
  • Spatial coverage and temporal trends of land-based atmospheric mercury measurements in the northern and southern hemispheres
  • Spatial coverage and temporal trends of atmospheric mercury measurements in the polar regions
  • Spatial coverage and temporal trends of over-water, surface, air-surface exchange and deep sea water mercury measurements
  • Monitoring and modeling projects for fate of mercury species in Japan
  • The need for coordinated global mercury monitoring network&
  • Our current understanding of major chemical and physical processes affecting mercury dynamics&- Mercury chemical transformation in the gas, aqueous and heterogeneous phases&
  • Importance of a global scale approach to using regional models&
  • Global mercury modeling at Environment Canada
  • The GEOS-Chem model
  • The ECHMERIT model
  • The EMEP/MSC-E mercury modeling system
  • The AER/EPRI Global Chemical Transport Model for Mercury (CTM-Hg).

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