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Concentration of atmospheric mercury: 2012 Arctic sea

Measuring atmospheric Hg in the marine boundary layer was monitored from August 01 to September 10 by the Hg GEM, RGM, PBM analyzer along the cruise track of R/V Araon from Nome(Alaska) to Nome(Alaska) carrying out a series expeditions in the Arctic sea. Mercury (Hg) is a toxic pollutant. Its bioaccumulation causes serious health problem. In the atmosphere, mercury typically exists in gaseous elemental mercury (GEM), reactive gaseous species (RGM) and particulate bounded mercury (PBM). Since more than 95% of mercury exists in GEM, significant amount of Hg is transported long-range. In spite of the importance of mercury in the atmosphere, the role of ocean in the global budget of Hg has not been clearly studied yet and its measurement over the marine boundary layer will enhance the OH-related chemistry.

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DOI
https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.22663/KOPRI-KPDC-00000392
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Science Keyword
ISO Topic
CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
Platforms
ARAON (Icebreaker Research Vessel, KOPRI)
Instruments
Hg GEM, RGM, PBM analyzer(Tekran 2537B Gaseous Elemental Mercury(GEM), Reactive Gaseous Mercury(RGM), Particulate Bounded Mercury(PBM) species analyzer)
Personnel
  • Tae Siek Rhee (rhee@kopri.re.kr)
Project
Research period
2012-08-01 ~ 2012-09-10
Create/Update Date
2013-07-24 / 2013-07-24
Location
Continent > North America > United States Of America > Alaska
Dataset
Concentration of atmospheric mercury: 2012 Arctic sea Impact of the ocean-atmosphere interactions in the polar and low-latitude oceans to the climate change Tae Siek Rhee
Citation
The data(KOPRI-KPDC-00000392) used in this work was provided by the Korea Polar Research Institute.

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