Multi-model study of mercury dispersion in the atmosphere: atmospheric processes and model evaluation

Travnikov, Oleg; Angot, Hélène; Artaxo, Paulo; Bencardino, Mariantonia; Bieser, Johannes; D'Amore, Francesco; Dastoor, Ashu; De Simone, Francesco; Diéguez, María del Carmen; Dommergue, Aurélien; Ebinghaus, Ralf; Feng, Xin Bin; Gencarelli, Christian N.; Hedgecock, Ian M.; Magand, Olivier; Martin, Lynwill; Matthias, Volker; Mashyanov, Nikolay; Pirrone, Nicola; Ramachandran, Ramesh; Read, Katie Alana; Ryjkov, Andrei; Selin, Noelle E.; Sena, Fabrizio; Song, Shaojie; Sprovieri, Francesca; Wip, Dennis; Wängberg, Ingvar; Yang, Xin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-5271-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 8

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 5271–5295, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-5271-2017

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Special issue: Global Mercury Observation System – Atmosphere...

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 5271–5295, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-5271-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 8

Research article 24 Apr 2017

Research article | 24 Apr 2017

Multi-model study of mercury dispersion in the atmosphere: atmospheric processes and model evaluation

Oleg Travnikov et al.

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RC1: 'Accept with English polishing', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Dec 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to comments by Referee #1', Oleg Travnikov, 03 Mar 2017
RC2: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Dec 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to comments by Referee #2', Oleg Travnikov, 03 Mar 2017

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AR by Oleg Travnikov on behalf of the Authors (03 Mar 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (14 Mar 2017) by Carlo Barbante

Short summary

The study provides a complex analysis of processes governing Hg fate in the atmosphere involving both measurement data and simulation results of chemical transport models. Evaluation of the model simulations and numerical experiments against observations allows explaining spatial and temporal variations of Hg concentration in the near-surface atmospheric layer and shows possibility of multiple pathways of Hg oxidation occurring concurrently in various parts of the atmosphere.