How relevant is the deposition of mercury onto snowpacks? – Part 2: A modeling study

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: D. Durnford, A. Dastoor, A. Ryzhkov, L. Poissant, M. Pilote, D. Figueras-Nieto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2012
• Subjects: Physics; QC1-999; Chemistry; QD1-999; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Hudson Bay; Canada; Hudson; Kuujjuarapik; Sea ice; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-9251-2012; https://doaj.org/article/7af3436d586f41a4a6c6be5a35d34e46

An unknown fraction of mercury that is deposited onto snowpacks is revolatilized to the atmosphere. Determining the revolatilized fraction is important since mercury that enters the snowpack meltwater may be converted to highly toxic bioaccumulating methylmercury. In this study, we present a new dyn...