Observations of the chemistry and concentrations of reactive Hg at locations with different ambient air chemistry
Observations of the chemistry and concentrations of reactive Hg at locations with different ambient air chemistry
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在不同环境空气化学成分的地点观察活性汞的化学成分和浓度
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166184
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发表时间:
2023
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
Dommergue, Aurélien
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作者:
Gustin, Mae Sexauer;Dunham-Cheatham, Sarrah M.;Allen, Natalie;Choma, Nicole;Johnson, William;Lopez, Sam;Russell, Armistead;Mei, Eric;Magand, Olivier;Dommergue, Aurélien
The Hg research community needs methods to more accurately measure atmospheric Hg concentrations and chemistry. The Reactive Mercury Active System (RMAS) uses cation exchange, nylon, and PTFE membranes to determine reactive mercury (RM), gaseous oxidized mercury, and particulate-bound mercury (PBM) concentrations and chemistry. New data for Atlanta, Georgia (NRGT) demonstrated that particulate-bound Hg was dominant and the chemistry was primarily N and S HgIIcompounds. At Great Salt Lake, Utah (GSL), RM was predominately PBM, with Ndouble bondS > organics > halogen > O HgIIcompounds. At Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas (GUMO), halogenated compound concentrations were lowest when air interacting with the site was primarily derived from the Midwest, and highest when the air was sourced from Mexico. At Amsterdam Island, Southern Indian Ocean, compounds were primarily halogenated with some N, S, and organic HgIIcompounds potentially associated with biological activity. The GEOS-Chem model was applied to see if it predicted measurements at five field sites. Model values were higher than observations at GSL, slightly lower at NRGT, and observations were an order of magnitude higher than modeled values for GUMO and Reno, Nevada. In general, data collected from 13 locations indicated that N, S, and organic RM compounds were associated with city and forest locations, halogenated compounds were sourced from the marine boundary layer, and O compounds were associated with long-range transport. Data being developed currently, and in the past, suggest there are multiple forms of RM that modelers must consider, and PBM is an important component of RM.