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Identifying regions that can constrain anthropogenic Hg emissions uncertainties through modelling
Charikleia Gournia
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Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Aryeh Feinberg
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate, Institute of Physical Chemistry Blas Cabrera, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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Human activities release mercury into the air, but current estimates of these emissions vary widely. Our study examines how the uncertainty in global anthropogenic mercury emission estimates impacts the model's ability to reproduce observations. We found that differences in emissions inventories significantly change results, especially in Asia. The work highlights where increased monitoring is needed to improve estimates and better inform global mercury reduction policies.
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