Articles | Volume 18, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8279-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8279-2018
Research article
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14 Jun 2018
Research article |  | 14 Jun 2018

Recent decrease trend of atmospheric mercury concentrations in East China: the influence of anthropogenic emissions

Yi Tang, Shuxiao Wang, Qingru Wu, Kaiyun Liu, Long Wang, Shu Li, Wei Gao, Lei Zhang, Haotian Zheng, Zhijian Li, and Jiming Hao

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In this study, 3-year measurements of atmospheric Hg were carried out at a rural site in East China. A significant downward trend was observed during the sampling period. This study used a new approach that considers both cluster frequency and the Hg concentration associated with each cluster, and we calculated that atmospheric Hg from the whole region of China has caused a 70 % decline of GEM concentration at the Chongming monitoring site due to strict air pollution control policies in China.
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