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  Analysis and interpretation of 18 years of mercury observations since 1996 at Mace Head, Ireland

Weigelt, A., Ebinghaus, R., Manning, A. J., Derwent, R. G., Simmonds, P. G., Spain, T. G., et al. (2015). Analysis and interpretation of 18 years of mercury observations since 1996 at Mace Head, Ireland. Atmospheric Environment, 100, 85-93. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.10.050.

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Weigelt, A.1, Author
Ebinghaus, R.1, Author
Manning, A. J.1, Author
Derwent, R. G.1, Author
Simmonds, P. G.1, Author
Spain, T. G.1, Author
Jennings, S. G.1, Author
Slemr, F.2, Author           
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2Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Max Planck Society, ou_1826285              

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 Abstract: Observations of atmospheric mercury at the Mace Head Atmospheric Research Station on the Atlantic coast of Ireland made from February 1996 to December 2013 are analyzed. Using meteorological analysis and a sophisticated Lagrangian dispersion model, the hourly averaged mercury concentrations were attributed to four different air mass types: baseline, local, European polluted, and sub-tropical maritime. Monthly median Hg concentrations of all types decreased over the analyzed period but the trend for subtropical maritime air masses was with -0.016 +/- 0.002 ng m(-3) yr(-1) in absolute terms significantly smaller than the trends for all other classes which varied between -0.021 and -0.023 ng m(-3) yr(-1). The seasonal variation for sub-tropical maritime air masses is also shallower than for all other classes. This is most likely due to shallower seasonal variation of oxidant concentrations at lower latitudes. The north-south gradient of the trend is qualitatively consistent with the GEOS-Chem model predictions based on decrease of mercury concentrations in surface waters of the North Atlantic but the trends are smaller than predicted. Tests for temporal change of the trends indicate that the decreasing trends of mercury concentrations are leveling off for all air masses with possible exception of the sub-tropical maritime air mass. Quantitative assessment of the trend changes, however, will require a longer time series of the mercury measurements at Mace Head. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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 Dates: 2015-01
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Title: Atmospheric Environment
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Publ. Info: Oxford [England] : Pergamon
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 100 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 85 - 93 Identifier: ISSN: 1352-2310
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/958480288336