Soil–atmosphere exchange flux of total gaseous mercury (TGM) at subtropical and temperate forest catchments

Zhou, Jun; Wang, Zhangwei; Zhang, Xiaoshan; Driscoll, Charles T.; Lin, Che-Jen

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-16117-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 24

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 16117–16133, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-16117-2020

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Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 16117–16133, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-16117-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 24

Research article 23 Dec 2020

Research article | 23 Dec 2020

Soil–atmosphere exchange flux of total gaseous mercury (TGM) at subtropical and temperate forest catchments

Jun Zhou et al.

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RC1: 'Comments for Zhou et al., 2020', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Sep 2020
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1', Zhangwei Wang, 11 Nov 2020
RC2: 'Soil-atmosphere exchange flux of total gaseous mercury..', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Sep 2020
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Short summary

Mercury (Hg) emissions from natural resources have a large uncertainty, which is mainly derived from the forest. A long-term and multiplot (10) study of soil–air fluxes at subtropical and temperate forests was conducted. Forest soils are an important atmospheric Hg source, especially for subtropical forests. The compensation points imply that the atmospheric Hg concentration plays a critical role in inhibiting Hg emissions from the forest floor. Climate change can enhance soil Hg emissions.