Recent decrease trend of atmospheric mercury concentrations in East China: the influence of anthropogenic emissions

Tang, Yi; Wang, Shuxiao; Wu, Qingru; Liu, Kaiyun; Wang, Long; Li, Shu; Gao, Wei; Zhang, Lei; Zheng, Haotian; Li, Zhijian; Hao, Jiming

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8279-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8279-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8279-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 11

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14 Jun 2018

Research article |

| 14 Jun 2018

Recent decrease trend of atmospheric mercury concentrations in East China: the influence of anthropogenic emissions

Yi Tang, Shuxiao Wang, Qingru Wu, Kaiyun Liu, Long Wang, Shu Li, Wei Gao, Lei Zhang, Haotian Zheng, Zhijian Li, and Jiming Hao

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RC1: 'Recent decrease trend of atmospheric mercury concentrations in East China', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Feb 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to comment from Reviewer #1', Q. R. Wu, 09 May 2018
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RC2: 'Review Tang et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Feb 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to comment from Reviewer #2', Q. R. Wu, 09 May 2018
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In this study, 3-year measurements of atmospheric Hg were carried out at a rural site in East China. A significant downward trend was observed during the sampling period. This study used a new approach that considers both cluster frequency and the Hg concentration associated with each cluster, and we calculated that atmospheric Hg from the whole region of China has caused a 70 % decline of GEM concentration at the Chongming monitoring site due to strict air pollution control policies in China.