Snow-to-air exchanges of mercury in an Arctic seasonal snow pack in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard
International audience The study of mercury (Hg) cycle in Arctic regions is a major subject of concern due to the dramatic increases of Hg concentrations in ecosystem in the last few decades. The causes of such increases are still in debate, and an important way to improve our knowledge on the subje...
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International audience The study of mercury (Hg) cycle in Arctic regions is a major subject of concern due to the dramatic increases of Hg concentrations in ecosystem in the last few decades. The causes of such increases are still in debate, and an important way to improve our knowledge on the subject is to study the exchanges of Hg between atmosphere and snow during springtime. We organized an international study from 10 April to 10 May 2003 in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, in order to assess these fluxes through measurements and derived calculations. Snow-to-air emission fluxes of Hg were measured using the flux chamber technique between 0 and 50 ng m−2 h−1. A peak in Gaseous Elemental Mercury (GEM) emission flux from the snow to the atmosphere has been measured just few hours after an Atmospheric Mercury Depletion Event (AMDE) recorded on 22 April 2004. Surprisingly, this peak in GEM emitted after this AMDE did not correspond to any increase in Hg concentration in snow surface. A peak in GEM flux after an AMDE was observed only for this single event but not for the four other AMDEs recorded during this spring period. In the snow pack which is seasonal and about 40 cm depth above permafrost, Hg is involved in both production and incorporation processes. The incorporation was evaluated to 5-40 pg m2 h. Outside of AMDE periods, Hg flux from the snow surface to the atmosphere was the consequence of GEM production in the air of snow and was about 15-50 ng m−2 h−1, with a contribution of deeper snow layers evaluated to 0.3-6.5 ng m−2 h−1. The major part of GEM production is then mainly a surface phenomenon. The internal production of GEM was largely increasing when snow temperatures were close to melting, indicating a chemical process occurring in the quasi-liquid layer at the surface of snow grains. |
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Snow-to-air exchanges of mercury in an Arctic seasonal snow pack in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard |
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Snow-to-air exchanges of mercury in an Arctic seasonal snow pack in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard |
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Snow-to-air exchanges of mercury in an Arctic seasonal snow pack in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard |
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Snow-to-air exchanges of mercury in an Arctic seasonal snow pack in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard |
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ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:insu-00374229v1 2023-05-15T15:03:45+02:00 Snow-to-air exchanges of mercury in an Arctic seasonal snow pack in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard Ferrari, Christophe P. Gauchard, Pierre-Alexis Aspmo, Karine Dommergue, Aurélien Magand, Olivier Bahlmann, Enno Nagorski, Sonia Temme, Christian Ebinghaus, Ralf Steffen, Alexandra Banic, Cathy Berg, Torunn Planchon, Frédéric Barbante, Carlo Cescon, Paolo Boutron, C. Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement (LGGE) Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG) Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Polytech' Grenoble Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF) Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) Department of Chemistry Oslo Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Oslo University of Oslo (UiO)-University of Oslo (UiO) GKSS-Research Center Institute for Coastal Research Air Quality Research Branch, Meteorological Service of Canada Environment and Climate Change Canada Environmental Sciences Department University of Ca’ Foscari Venice, Italy UFR de Mécanique et de Physique French Polar Institute I.P.E.V. Institut Paul-Emile Victor program CHIMERPOL 399 the A.D.E.M.E. (Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Energie Programme 0162020) French Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development CNRS 2005 https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00374229 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.06.058 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.06.058 insu-00374229 https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00374229 doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.06.058 ISSN: 0004-6981 Atmospheric environment https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00374229 Atmospheric environment, 2005, 39 (39), pp.7633 à 7645. ⟨10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.06.058⟩ Mercury Snow Exchange Production Incorporation Quasi-liquid layer [SDU.STU.GL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Glaciology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2005 ftunivnantes https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.06.058 2023-03-01T01:32:28Z International audience The study of mercury (Hg) cycle in Arctic regions is a major subject of concern due to the dramatic increases of Hg concentrations in ecosystem in the last few decades. The causes of such increases are still in debate, and an important way to improve our knowledge on the subject is to study the exchanges of Hg between atmosphere and snow during springtime. We organized an international study from 10 April to 10 May 2003 in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, in order to assess these fluxes through measurements and derived calculations. Snow-to-air emission fluxes of Hg were measured using the flux chamber technique between 0 and 50 ng m−2 h−1. A peak in Gaseous Elemental Mercury (GEM) emission flux from the snow to the atmosphere has been measured just few hours after an Atmospheric Mercury Depletion Event (AMDE) recorded on 22 April 2004. Surprisingly, this peak in GEM emitted after this AMDE did not correspond to any increase in Hg concentration in snow surface. A peak in GEM flux after an AMDE was observed only for this single event but not for the four other AMDEs recorded during this spring period. In the snow pack which is seasonal and about 40 cm depth above permafrost, Hg is involved in both production and incorporation processes. The incorporation was evaluated to 5-40 pg m2 h. Outside of AMDE periods, Hg flux from the snow surface to the atmosphere was the consequence of GEM production in the air of snow and was about 15-50 ng m−2 h−1, with a contribution of deeper snow layers evaluated to 0.3-6.5 ng m−2 h−1. The major part of GEM production is then mainly a surface phenomenon. The internal production of GEM was largely increasing when snow temperatures were close to melting, indicating a chemical process occurring in the quasi-liquid layer at the surface of snow grains. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Ny Ålesund Ny-Ålesund permafrost Svalbard Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES Arctic Svalbard Ny-Ålesund Atmospheric Environment 39 39 7633 7645 |