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08 Sep 2020
Research article |
| 08 Sep 2020
| 08 Sep 2020
Atmospheric mercury in the Southern Hemisphere – Part 2: Source apportionment analysis at Cape Point station, South Africa
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), Institute of Coastal Research,
Max-Planck-Str. 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
Hélène Angot
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado
Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Franz Slemr
Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie (MPI), Air Chemistry Division,
Hahn-Meitner-Weg 1, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), Institute of Coastal Research,
Max-Planck-Str. 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
Lynwill Martin
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
South African Weather Service c/o CSIR, P.O. Box 320, Stellenbosch
7599, South Africa
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Short summary
We use numerical models to determine the origin of air masses measured for elemental gaseous mercury (GEM) at Cape Point (CPT), South Africa. Our analysis is based on 10 years of hourly GEM measurements at CPT from 2007 to 2016. Based on GEM concentration and the origin of the air mass, we identify source and sink regions at CPT. We find, that the warm Agulhas Current to the south-east is the major Hg source and the continent the major sink.
We use numerical models to determine the origin of air masses measured for elemental gaseous...
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