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Research article
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13 Jun 2017
Research article |
| 13 Jun 2017
Multi-model study of mercury dispersion in the atmosphere: vertical and interhemispheric distribution of mercury species
Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht, 21052 Geesthacht, Germany
DLR – Deutsches Luft und Raumfahrtzentrum, Münchener Straße 20, 82234 Weßling, Germany
Franz Slemr
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPI), Hahn-Meitner-Weg 1, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Jesse Ambrose
School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Washington-Bothell, Bothell, WA, USA
Carl Brenninkmeijer
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPI), Hahn-Meitner-Weg 1, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Steve Brooks
Air Resources Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 5830 University Research Court, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee Space Institute, 411 BH Goethert Parkway, Tullahoma, TN 37388, USA
Ashu Dastoor
ECCC – Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, Canada
Francesco DeSimone
CNR Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Division of Rende, Rende, Italy
Ralf Ebinghaus
Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht, 21052 Geesthacht, Germany
Christian N. Gencarelli
CNR Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Division of Rende, Rende, Italy
Beate Geyer
Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht, 21052 Geesthacht, Germany
Lynne E. Gratz
Environmental Program, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Ian M. Hedgecock
CNR Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Division of Rende, Rende, Italy
Daniel Jaffe
School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Washington-Bothell, Bothell, WA, USA
Paul Kelley
Air Resources Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 5830 University Research Court, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites, University of Maryland, 5825 University Research Court, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Che-Jen Lin
Center for Advances in Water and Air Quality, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, USA
Lyatt Jaegle
University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Volker Matthias
Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht, 21052 Geesthacht, Germany
Andrei Ryjkov
ECCC – Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, Canada
Noelle E. Selin
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Shaojie Song
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Oleg Travnikov
Meteorological Synthesizing Centre – East of EMEP, Moscow, Russia
Andreas Weigelt
Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht, 21052 Geesthacht, Germany
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), Hamburg, Germany
Winston Luke
Air Resources Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 5830 University Research Court, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Xinrong Ren
Air Resources Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 5830 University Research Court, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites, University of Maryland, 5825 University Research Court, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, 117 North Woodward Avenue, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
Andreas Zahn
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK-ASF), Karlsruhe Institut für Technologie, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Leopoldshafen, Germany
Xin Yang
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
Yun Zhu
South China University of Technology, School of Environment and Energy, Guangzhou, China
Nicola Pirrone
CNR Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Rome, Italy
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Short summary
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.
We conducted a multi model study to investigate our ability to reproduce the vertical...
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