A synthesis of research needs for improving the understanding of atmospheric mercury cycling

Zhang, Leiming; Lyman, Seth; Mao, Huiting; Lin, Che-Jen; Gay, David A.; Wang, Shuxiao; Sexauer Gustin, Mae; Feng, Xinbin; Wania, Frank

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9133-2017

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28 Jul 2017

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| 28 Jul 2017

A synthesis of research needs for improving the understanding of atmospheric mercury cycling

Leiming Zhang, Seth Lyman, Huiting Mao, Che-Jen Lin, David A. Gay, Shuxiao Wang, Mae Sexauer Gustin, Xinbin Feng, and Frank Wania

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Final revised paper (published on 28 Jul 2017)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Improve QA/QA and Data Policy', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 May 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1', Leiming Zhang, 14 Jun 2017
RC2: 'Anonymous review of Zhang et al. 2017, Atmospheric Hg review', Anonymous Referee #2, 31 May 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #2', Leiming Zhang, 15 Jun 2017

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AR by Leiming Zhang on behalf of the Authors (28 Jun 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (06 Jul 2017) by Ralf Ebinghaus

AR by Leiming Zhang on behalf of the Authors (06 Jul 2017)

Short summary

Future research needs are proposed for improving the understanding of atmospheric mercury cycling. These include refinement of mercury emission estimations, quantification of dry deposition and air–surface exchange, improvement of the treatment of chemical mechanisms in chemical transport models, increase in the accuracy of oxidized mercury measurements, better interpretation of atmospheric mercury chemistry data, and harmonization of network operation.