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Research article
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02 Jul 2020
Research article |
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| 02 Jul 2020
Atmospheric mercury in the Southern Hemisphere – Part 1: Trend and inter-annual variations in atmospheric mercury at Cape Point, South Africa, in 2007–2017, and on Amsterdam Island in 2012–2017
Franz Slemr
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie (MPI),
Hahn-Meitner-Weg 1, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Lynwill Martin
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
South African Weather Service c/o CSIR, P.O. Box 320, Stellenbosch
7599, South Africa
Casper Labuschagne
South African Weather Service c/o CSIR, P.O. Box 320, Stellenbosch
7599, South Africa
Thumeka Mkololo
South African Weather Service c/o CSIR, P.O. Box 320, Stellenbosch
7599, South Africa
Hélène Angot
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado
Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Olivier Magand
Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement, Université Grenoble Alpes,
CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, 38400 Grenoble, France
Aurélien Dommergue
Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement, Université Grenoble Alpes,
CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, 38400 Grenoble, France
Philippe Garat
LJK, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, 38401 Grenoble,
France
Michel Ramonet
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE-IPSL
(CEA-CNRS-UVSQ), Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Johannes Bieser
Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG),
Max-Planck-Str. 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
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Short summary
Monitoring of atmospheric mercury (Hg) concentrations is an important part of the effectiveness evaluation of the Minamata Convention on Hg. Hg concentrations in 2012–2017 at Cape Point, South Africa, and at Amsterdam Island in the remote Indian Ocean are comparable, and no trend or a slightly downward trend was observed at both stations. Over the 2007–2017 period an upward trend was observed at CPT which was driven mainly by the 2007–2014 data. The trend and its change are discussed.
Monitoring of atmospheric mercury (Hg) concentrations is an important part of the effectiveness...
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