Particulate-phase mercury emissions from biomass burning and impact on resulting deposition: a modelling assessment

De Simone, Francesco; Artaxo, Paulo; Bencardino, Mariantonia; Cinnirella, Sergio; Carbone, Francesco; D'Amore, Francesco; Dommergue, Aurélien; Feng, Xin Bin; Gencarelli, Christian N.; Hedgecock, Ian M.; Landis, Matthew S.; Sprovieri, Francesca; Suzuki, Noriuki; Wängberg, Ingvar; Pirrone, Nicola

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-1881-2017

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08 Feb 2017

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| 08 Feb 2017

Particulate-phase mercury emissions from biomass burning and impact on resulting deposition: a modelling assessment

Francesco De Simone, Paulo Artaxo, Mariantonia Bencardino, Sergio Cinnirella, Francesco Carbone, Francesco D'Amore, Aurélien Dommergue, Xin Bin Feng, Christian N. Gencarelli, Ian M. Hedgecock, Matthew S. Landis, Francesca Sprovieri, Noriuki Suzuki, Ingvar Wängberg, and Nicola Pirrone

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RC1: 'critical lack of model-observation comparison', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Aug 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to ref 1', Francesco De Simone, 22 Dec 2016
RC2: 'A very interesting paper!', Mark Cohen, 03 Sep 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to Cohen', Francesco De Simone, 22 Dec 2016
RC3: 'Review of De Simone et al. ACPD', Anonymous Referee #3, 20 Sep 2016
- AC3: 'Reply to ref 3', Francesco De Simone, 22 Dec 2016
RC4: 'Review of “Particulate-Phase Mercury Emissions during Biomass Burning and Impact on Resulting Deposition: a Modelling Assesment” by Francisco De Simone et al.', Tim Dvonch, 22 Sep 2016
- AC4: 'Reply to Dvonch', Francesco De Simone, 22 Dec 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Francesco De Simone on behalf of the Authors (09 Jan 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (12 Jan 2017) by Ralf Ebinghaus

AR by Francesco De Simone on behalf of the Authors (17 Jan 2017)

Short summary

Biomass burning (BB) releases of Hg, usually considered to be Hg(0), are a significant global source of atmospheric Hg. However there is experimental evidence that a fraction of this Hg is bound to particulate matter, Hg(P). This modelling study shows how increasing fractions of Hg(P) reduce the availability of Hg to the global pool, raising Hg exposure for those regions characterized by high BB, with implications for the sub-Arctic and also rice-growing areas in South-East Asia.