Speciated atmospheric mercury and sea–air exchange of gaseous mercury in the South China Sea

Wang, Chunjie; Wang, Zhangwei; Hui, Fan; Zhang, Xiaoshan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-10111-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 15

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-10111-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-10111-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 15

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12 Aug 2019

Research article |

| 12 Aug 2019

Speciated atmospheric mercury and sea–air exchange of gaseous mercury in the South China Sea

Chunjie Wang, Zhangwei Wang, Fan Hui, and Xiaoshan Zhang

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RC1: 'Review comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 May 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer #1's Comments', Chunjie Wang, 11 Jun 2019
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- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer #2's Comments', Chunjie Wang, 11 Jun 2019

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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (17 Jun 2019) by Leiming Zhang

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (09 Jul 2019) by Leiming Zhang

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A low GEM level indicated that the SCS suffered less anthropogenic influence. There was no significant difference in GEM and HgP_2.5 values between day and night, but the RGM level was higher in daytime than in nighttime. The size distribution of HgP in PM₁₀ was observed to be bi-modal, but the coarse modal was the dominant size. The annual emission flux of Hg0 from the SCS was estimated to be 159 ton yr^-1. The dry deposition was an important pathway for the input of atmospheric Hg to the SCS.