Global evaluation and calibration of a passive air sampler for gaseous mercury

McLagan, David S.; Mitchell, Carl P. J.; Steffen, Alexandra; Hung, Hayley; Shin, Cecilia; Stupple, Geoff W.; Olson, Mark L.; Luke, Winston T.; Kelley, Paul; Howard, Dean; Edwards, Grant C.; Nelson, Peter F.; Xiao, Hang; Sheu, Guey-Rong; Dreyer, Annekatrin; Huang, Haiyong; Abdul Hussain, Batual; Lei, Ying D.; Tavshunsky, Ilana; Wania, Frank

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5905-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5905-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5905-2018

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26 Apr 2018

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Global evaluation and calibration of a passive air sampler for gaseous mercury

David S. McLagan, Carl P. J. Mitchell, Alexandra Steffen, Hayley Hung, Cecilia Shin, Geoff W. Stupple, Mark L. Olson, Winston T. Luke, Paul Kelley, Dean Howard, Grant C. Edwards, Peter F. Nelson, Hang Xiao, Guey-Rong Sheu, Annekatrin Dreyer, Haiyong Huang, Batual Abdul Hussain, Ying D. Lei, Ilana Tavshunsky, and Frank Wania

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RC1: 'Comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Feb 2018
- AC4: 'Response to Comments by Reviewer 2', Frank Wania, 06 Apr 2018
RC2: 'Comments to the manuscript entitled "Global evaluation and calibration of a passive air sampler for gaseous mercury"', Anonymous Referee #3, 22 Feb 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Comments by Reviewer 3', Frank Wania, 16 Mar 2018
RC3: 'Review McLagan et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Feb 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Comments by Reviewer 1', Frank Wania, 16 Mar 2018
EC1: 'Additional comment on overall uncertainty', Aurélien Dommergue, 26 Feb 2018
- AC3: 'Response to Comments by A. Dommergue', Frank Wania, 16 Mar 2018

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A new passive air sampler for gaseous mercury was tested at 20 sites on four continents. These sites have in common that they use the state-of-the-art active air sampling technique for gaseous mercury on a continuous basis and therefore allow for an evaluation and calibration of the passive sampler. The sampler proved to work exceptionally well, with a precision and accuracy on par with the active instrument and better than what has previously been achieved with passive samplers.