Multi-model study of mercury dispersion in the atmosphere: vertical and interhemispheric distribution of mercury species

Bieser, Johannes; Slemr, Franz; Ambrose, Jesse; Brenninkmeijer, Carl; Brooks, Steve; Dastoor, Ashu; DeSimone, Francesco; Ebinghaus, Ralf; Gencarelli, Christian N.; Geyer, Beate; Gratz, Lynne E.; Hedgecock, Ian M.; Jaffe, Daniel; Kelley, Paul; Lin, Che-Jen; Jaegle, Lyatt; Matthias, Volker; Ryjkov, Andrei; Selin, Noelle E.; Song, Shaojie; Travnikov, Oleg; Weigelt, Andreas; Luke, Winston; Ren, Xinrong; Zahn, Andreas; Yang, Xin; Zhu, Yun; Pirrone, Nicola

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-6925-2017

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13 Jun 2017

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| 13 Jun 2017

Multi-model study of mercury dispersion in the atmosphere: vertical and interhemispheric distribution of mercury species

Johannes Bieser, Franz Slemr, Jesse Ambrose, Carl Brenninkmeijer, Steve Brooks, Ashu Dastoor, Francesco DeSimone, Ralf Ebinghaus, Christian N. Gencarelli, Beate Geyer, Lynne E. Gratz, Ian M. Hedgecock, Daniel Jaffe, Paul Kelley, Che-Jen Lin, Lyatt Jaegle, Volker Matthias, Andrei Ryjkov, Noelle E. Selin, Shaojie Song, Oleg Travnikov, Andreas Weigelt, Winston Luke, Xinrong Ren, Andreas Zahn, Xin Yang, Yun Zhu, and Nicola Pirrone

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RC1: 'Review of Bieser et al., 2016, Multi-model study of mercury dispersion in the atmosphere: Vertical distribution of mercury species', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Dec 2016
- AC2: 'Answer to reviewer #1', J. Bieser, 11 Apr 2017
RC2: 'Interactive comment on “Multi-model study of mercury dispersion in the atmosphere: Vertical distribution of mercury species” by J. Bieser et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Jan 2017
- AC3: 'Answer to reviewer #2', J. Bieser, 11 Apr 2017
RC3: 'Minor revisions', Anonymous Referee #3, 13 Jan 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to reviewer #3', J. Bieser, 06 Apr 2017

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ED: Publish as is (26 Apr 2017) by Francesca Sprovieri

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We conducted a multi model study to investigate our ability to reproduce the vertical distribution of mercury in the atmosphere. For this, we used observational data from over 40 aircraft flights in EU and US. We compared observations to the results of seven chemistry transport models and found that the models are able to reproduce vertical gradients of total and elemental Hg. Finally, we found that different chemical reactions seem responsible for the oxidation of Hg depending on altitude.