Articles | Volume 20, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-7929-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-7929-2020
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08 Jul 2020
Research article |  | 08 Jul 2020

Source apportionment of atmospheric mercury in the remote marine atmosphere: Mace Head GAW station, Irish western coast

Danilo Custodio, Ralf Ebinghaus, T. Gerard Spain, and Johannes Bieser

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Using a stereo algorithm, we reconstructed 99.9 % of the total atmospheric gas mercury and presented a new insight into atmospheric mercury source assessing, which can have great relevance for policy and regulations in light of the Minamata convention.
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