The Marginal Ice Zone as a dominant source region of atmospheric mercury during central Arctic summertime

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Yue, Fange, Angot, Hélène, Blomquist, Byron, Schmale, Julia, Hoppe, Clara J. M., Lei, Ruibo, Shupe, Matthew D., Zhan, Liyang, Ren, Jian, Liu, Hailong, Beck, Ivo, Howard, Dean, Jokinen, Tuija, Laurila, Tiia, Quelever, Lauriane, Boyer, Matthew, Petäjä, Tuukka, Archer, Stephen, Bariteau, Ludovic, Helmig, Detlev, Hueber, Jacques, Jacobi, Hans-Werner, Posman, Kevin, Xie, Zhouqing
• Other Authors: Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), Polar and arctic atmospheric research (PANDA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2023
• Subjects: Gaseous elemental mercury; Boundary-layer; Sea-ice; Ozone; Ocean; Depletion; Deposition; Chemistry; Transport; Waters; 114 Physical sciences; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Gam; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/566653

Atmospheric gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) concentrations in the Arctic exhibit a clear summertime maximum, while the origin of this peak is still a matter of debate in the community. Based on summertime observations during the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate...