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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES
卷 115, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014064
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- USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology Program
- U.S. Department of Interior Landscapes Program
- USGS Mendenhall Postdoctoral Program
- U.S. EPA STAR [R829798]
- USGS Energy Program
- EPA [1099918, R829798] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
This study presents >5 cumulative years of tropospheric mercury (Hg) speciation measurements, over the period of 2003-2009, for eight sites in the central and eastern United States and one site in coastal Puerto Rico. The purpose of this research was to identify local and regional processes that impact Hg speciation and deposition (wet + dry) across a large swath of North America. Sites sampled were selected to represent both a wide range of mercury exposure and environmental conditions. Seasonal mean concentrations of elemental Hg (1.27 +/- 0.31 to 2.94 +/- 1.57 ng m(-3); (x) over bar +/- sigma), reactive gaseous mercury (RGM; 1.5 +/- 1.6 to 63.3 +/- 529 pg m(-3)), and fine particulate Hg (1.2 +/- 1.4 to 37.9 +/- 492 pg m(-3)) were greatest at sites impacted by Hg point sources. Diel bin plots of Hg degrees and RGM suggest control by a variety of local/regional processes including impacts from Hg point sources and boundary layer/free tropospheric interactions as well as from larger-scale processes affecting Hg speciation (i.e., input of the global Hg pool, RGM formed from oxidation of Hg degrees by photochemical compounds at coastal sites, and elemental Hg depletion during periods of dew formation). Comparison of wet Hg deposition (measured), RGM and fine particulate Hg dry deposition (calculated using a multiple resistance model), and anthropogenic point source emissions varied significantly between sites. Significant correlation between emission sources and dry deposition was observed but was highly dependant upon inclusion of data from two sites with exceptionally high deposition. Findings from this study highlight the importance of environmental setting on atmospheric Hg cycling and deposition rates.
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