Authors: Sprovieri, Francesca; Pirrone, Nicola; Bencardino, Mariantonia; D´Amore, Francesco; Angot, Helene; Barbante, Carlo; Brunke, Ernst Günther; Arcega Cabrera, Flor; Cairns, Warren; Comero, Sara; Dieguez, Maria del Carmen; Dommergue, Aurélien; Ebinghaus, Ralf; Feng, Xin Bin; Fu, Xuewu; Garcia, Patricia Elizabeth; Gawlik, Bernd Manfred; Hageström, Ulla; Hansson, Katarina; Horvat, Milena; Kotnik, Jose; Labuschagne, Casper; Magand, Olivier; Martin, Lynwill; Mashyanov, Nikolay; Mkololo, Thumeka; Munthe, John; Obolkin, Vladimir; Islas, Martha Ramirez; Sena, Fabrizio; Somerset, Vernon; Spandow, Pia; Vardè, Massimiliano; Walters, Chavon; Wängberg, Ingvar; Weigelt, Andreas; Yang, Xu; Zhang, Hui
Publication Date: 2016.
Language: English.
Abstract:
The atmospheric deposition of mercury (Hg) occurs via several mechanisms including dry and wet scavenging by precipitation events. In an effort to understand the atmospheric cycling and seasonal depositional characteristics of Hg, wet deposition samples were collected for approximately five years at 17 selected GMOS monitoring sites located in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres in the framework of the Global Mercury Observation System (GMOS) project. Total mercury (THg) exhibited annual and seasonal patterns in Hg wet deposition samples. Inter-annual differences in total wet deposition are mostly linked with precipitation volume, with the greatest deposition flux occurring in the wettest years. This data set provides a new insight into baseline concentrations of THg concentrations in precipitation worldwide, particularly in regions, such as the Southern Hemisphere and tropical areas where wet deposition as well as atmospheric Hg species were not investigated before, opening the way for future and additional simultaneous measurements across the GMOS network as well as new findings in future modeling studies.
Author affiliation: Sprovieri, Francesca. Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research; Italia
Author affiliation: Pirrone, Nicola. Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research; Italia
Author affiliation: Bencardino, Mariantonia. Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research; Italia
Author affiliation: D´Amore, Francesco. Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research; Italia
Author affiliation: Angot, Helene. Universite Joseph Fourier. Observatoire de Grenoble; Francia
Author affiliation: Barbante, Carlo. University Ca’ Foscari of Venice; Italia. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Italia
Author affiliation: Brunke, Ernst Günther. South African Weather Service; Sudáfrica
Author affiliation: Arcega Cabrera, Flor. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; México
Author affiliation: Cairns, Warren. Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes; Italia
Author affiliation: Comero, Sara. Joint Research Centre; Italia
Author affiliation: Dieguez, Maria del Carmen. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina
Author affiliation: Dommergue, Aurélien. Universite Joseph Fourier. Observatoire de Grenoble; Francia
Author affiliation: Ebinghaus, Ralf. Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht; Alemania
Author affiliation: Feng, Xin Bin. Chinese Academy of Sciences; República de China
Author affiliation: Fu, Xuewu. Chinese Academy of Sciences; República de China
Author affiliation: Garcia, Patricia Elizabeth. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina
Author affiliation: Gawlik, Bernd Manfred. Joint Research Centre; Italia
Author affiliation: Hageström, Ulla. Swedish Environmental Research Inst. Ltd.; Suecia
Author affiliation: Hansson, Katarina. Swedish Environmental Research Inst. Ltd.; Suecia
Author affiliation: Horvat, Milena. Jožef Stefan Institute; Eslovenia
Author affiliation: Kotnik, Jose. Jožef Stefan Institute; Eslovenia
Author affiliation: Labuschagne, Casper. South African Weather Service; Sudáfrica
Author affiliation: Magand, Olivier. Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement; Francia
Author affiliation: Martin, Lynwill. South African Weather Service; Sudáfrica
Author affiliation: Mashyanov, Nikolay. St. Petersburg State University; Rusia
Author affiliation: Mkololo, Thumeka. South African Weather Service; Sudáfrica
Author affiliation: Munthe, John. Swedish Environmental Research Inst. Ltd.; Suecia
Author affiliation: Obolkin, Vladimir. Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Rusia
Author affiliation: Islas, Martha Ramirez. Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático; México
Author affiliation: Sena, Fabrizio. Joint Research Centre; Italia
Author affiliation: Somerset, Vernon. South African Weather Service; Sudáfrica
Author affiliation: Spandow, Pia. Swedish Environmental Research Inst. Ltd.; Suecia
Author affiliation: Vardè, Massimiliano. Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research; Italia. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Italia
Author affiliation: Walters, Chavon. South African Weather Service; Sudáfrica
Author affiliation: Wängberg, Ingvar. Swedish Environmental Research Institute; Suecia
Author affiliation: Weigelt, Andreas. Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht; Alemania
Author affiliation: Yang, Xu. Chinese Academy of Sciences; República de China
Author affiliation: Zhang, Hui. Chinese Academy of Sciences; República de China
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