Articles | Volume 20, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-10427-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-10427-2020
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08 Sep 2020
Research article |  | 08 Sep 2020

Atmospheric mercury in the Southern Hemisphere – Part 2: Source apportionment analysis at Cape Point station, South Africa

Johannes Bieser, Hélène Angot, Franz Slemr, and Lynwill Martin

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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.
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