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New insights into the atmospheric mercury cycling in central Antarctica and implications on a continental scale
Hélène Angot
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), 38041 Grenoble, France
Olivier Magand
CNRS, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), 38041 Grenoble, France
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), 38041 Grenoble, France
Detlev Helmig
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0450, USA
Philippe Ricaud
CNRM/GAME, Météo-France/CNRS, 42 avenue de Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse, France
Boris Quennehen
CNRS, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), 38041 Grenoble, France
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), 38041 Grenoble, France
Hubert Gallée
CNRS, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), 38041 Grenoble, France
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), 38041 Grenoble, France
Massimo Del Guasta
CNR-Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Largo E. Fermi 6, Firenze, 50125, Italy
Francesca Sprovieri
CNR-Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Division of Rende, Italy
Nicola Pirrone
CNR-Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Montelibretti, Rome, Italy
Joël Savarino
CNRS, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), 38041 Grenoble, France
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), 38041 Grenoble, France
Aurélien Dommergue
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Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), 38041 Grenoble, France
CNRS, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), 38041 Grenoble, France
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While the Arctic has been extensively monitored, there is still much to be learned from the Antarctic continent regarding the processes that govern the budget of atmospheric mercury species. We report here the first year-round measurements of gaseous elemental mercury (Hg(0)) in the atmosphere and in snowpack interstitial air on the East Antarctic ice sheet. The striking reactivity observed on the Antarctic plateau most likely influences the cycle of atmospheric mercury on a continental scale.
While the Arctic has been extensively monitored, there is still much to be learned from the...
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