New insights into the atmospheric mercury cycling in central Antarctica and implications on a continental scale

• Main Authors: Angot, Hélène, Magand, Olivier, Helmig, Detlev, Ricaud, Philippe, Quennehen, Boris, Gallée, Hubert, Del Guasta, Massimo, Sprovieri, Francesca, Pirrone, Nicola, Savarino, Joël, Dommergue, Aurélien
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: CU Scholar 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Concordia Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Arctic; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://scholar.colorado.edu/instaar_facpapers/6; https://scholar.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=instaar_facpapers

Under the framework of the GMOS project (Global Mercury Observation System) atmospheric mercury monitoring has been implemented at Concordia Station on the high-altitude Antarctic plateau (75°06′ S, 123°20′ E, 3220 m above sea level). We report here the first year-round measurements of gaseous eleme...