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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-12329-2018
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-12329-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
27 Aug 2018
Research article |
| 27 Aug 2018
| 27 Aug 2018
Mercury distribution in the upper troposphere and lowermost stratosphere according to measurements by the IAGOS-CARIBIC observatory: 2014–2016
Franz Slemr
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie (MPI), Air Chemistry Division, Hahn-Meitner-Weg 1, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Andreas Weigelt
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), Institute of Coastal Research, Max-Planck-Str. 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
now at: Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH), Wüstland 2, 22589 Hamburg, Germany
Ralf Ebinghaus
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), Institute of Coastal Research, Max-Planck-Str. 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
Johannes Bieser
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), Institute of Coastal Research, Max-Planck-Str. 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer
Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie (MPI), Air Chemistry Division, Hahn-Meitner-Weg 1, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Armin Rauthe-Schöch
Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie (MPI), Air Chemistry Division, Hahn-Meitner-Weg 1, 55128 Mainz, Germany
now at: Deutscher Wetterdienst, Global Precipitation Climatology Centre, Frankfurter Straße 135, 63067 Offenbach/Main, Germany
Markus Hermann
Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung (Tropos), Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Bengt G. Martinsson
University of Lund, Division of Nuclear Physics, P.O. Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden
Peter van Velthoven
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), P.O. Box 201, 3730 AE, de Bilt, the Netherlands
Harald Bönisch
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Marco Neumaier
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Andreas Zahn
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Helmut Ziereis
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, 82230 Wessling, Germany
Data sets
Aircraft campaigns GMOS http://sdi.iia.cnr.it/geoint/publicpage/GMOS/gmos_aircraft.zul
Short summary
Total and elemental mercury were measured in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere onboard a passenger aircraft. Their concentrations in the upper troposphere were comparable implying low concentrations of oxidized mercury in this region. Large scale seasonally dependent influence of emissions from biomass burning was also observed. Their distributions in the lower stratosphere implies a long stratospheric lifetime, which precludes significant mercury oxidation by ozone.
Total and elemental mercury were measured in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere...
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