Impacts of large-scale circulation on urban ambient concentrations of gaseous elemental mercury in New York, USA

Mao, Huiting; Hall, Dolly; Ye, Zhuyun; Zhou, Ying; Felton, Dirk; Zhang, Leiming

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-11655-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 18

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-11655-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-11655-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 18

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28 Sep 2017

Research article |

| 28 Sep 2017

Impacts of large-scale circulation on urban ambient concentrations of gaseous elemental mercury in New York, USA

Huiting Mao, Dolly Hall, Zhuyun Ye, Ying Zhou, Dirk Felton, and Leiming Zhang

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RC1: 'Reviewer #2', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Jun 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 3's comments attached', Huiting Mao, 25 Jul 2017
RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #3, 04 Jun 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 3's comments attached', Huiting Mao, 25 Jul 2017

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Mercury (Hg) is a global pollutant hazardous to human and ecosystem health, and its emission control is imperative. Anthropogenic mercury emissions have been reduced by 78 % in the United States from 1990 to 2014. However, no clearly defined trend was observed in Hg concentrations at urban locations such as the one in this study. This indicates that other factors may have dominated over anthropogenic emission control. The implications of this study could hence be highly policy relevant.