Sensitivity model study of regional mercury dispersion in the atmosphere

Gencarelli, Christian N.; Bieser, Johannes; Carbone, Francesco; De Simone, Francesco; Hedgecock, Ian M.; Matthias, Volker; Travnikov, Oleg; Yang, Xin; Pirrone, Nicola

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-627-2017

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13 Jan 2017

Research article |

| 13 Jan 2017

Sensitivity model study of regional mercury dispersion in the atmosphere

Christian N. Gencarelli, Johannes Bieser, Francesco Carbone, Francesco De Simone, Ian M. Hedgecock, Volker Matthias, Oleg Travnikov, Xin Yang, and Nicola Pirrone

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SC1: 'Mechanism for oxidation of mercury by atomic bromine', Theodore S. Dibble, 08 Aug 2016
- AC1: 'Reply', Christian Natale Gencarelli, 24 Aug 2016
RC1: 'Review for “Sensitivity model study of regional mercury dispersion in the atmosphere,” by Gencarelli et al. (ACP-201-663).', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Sep 2016
- AC2: 'Reply', Christian Natale Gencarelli, 12 Dec 2016
RC2: 'Review for Gencarelli et al. 2016 ACPD', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Sep 2016
- AC4: 'Reply', Christian Natale Gencarelli, 12 Dec 2016

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ED: Publish as is (16 Dec 2016) by Ralf Ebinghaus

AR by Christian Natale Gencarelli on behalf of the Authors (19 Dec 2016)

Short summary

Atmospheric deposition is an important pathway by which Hg reaches marine ecosystems, where it can be methylated and enter the base of food chain. High resolution numerical experiments has been performed in order to investigate the contributions (sensitivity) of the Hg anthtropogenic emissions, speciation and atmospherical chemical reactions on Hg depositions over Europe. The comparison of wet deposition fluxes and concentrations measured on 28 monitioring sites were used to support the analysis.