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Coupling atmospheric mercury isotope ratios and meteorology to identify sources of mercury impacting a coastal urban‐industrial region near Pensacola, Florida, USA
dc.contributor.authorDemers, Jason D.
dc.contributor.authorSherman, Laura S.
dc.contributor.authorBlum, Joel D
dc.contributor.authorMarsik, Frank J.
dc.contributor.authorDvonch, J. Timothy
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-14T15:09:24Z
dc.date.available2017-04-14T15:09:24Z
dc.date.issued2015-10
dc.identifier.citationDemers, Jason D.; Sherman, Laura S.; Blum, Joel D.; Marsik, Frank J.; Dvonch, J. Timothy (2015). "Coupling atmospheric mercury isotope ratios and meteorology to identify sources of mercury impacting a coastal urban‐industrial region near Pensacola, Florida, USA." Global Biogeochemical Cycles 29(10): 1689-1705.
dc.identifier.issn0886-6236
dc.identifier.issn1944-9224
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/136364
dc.description.abstractIdentifying the anthropogenic and natural sources of mercury (Hg) emissions contributing to atmospheric mercury on local, regional, and global scales continues to be a grand challenge. The relative importance of various direct anthropogenic emissions of mercury, in addition to natural geologic sources and reemission of previously released and deposited mercury, differs regionally and temporally. In this study, we used local‐scale, mesoscale, and synoptic‐scale meteorological analysis to couple the isotopic composition of ambient atmospheric mercury with potential sources of mercury contributing to a coastal urban‐industrial setting near a coal‐fired power plant in Pensacola, Florida, USA. We were able to broadly discern four influences on the isotopic composition of ambient atmospheric mercury impacting this coastal urban‐industrial region: (1) local to regional urban‐industrial anthropogenic emissions (mean δ202Hg = 0.44 ± 0.05‰, 1SD, n = 3), (2) marine‐influenced sources derived from the Gulf of Mexico (mean δ202Hg = 0.77 ± 0.15‰, 1SD, n = 4), (3) continental sources associated with north‐northwesterly flows from within the planetary boundary layer (mean δ202Hg = 0.65 ± 0.04‰, 1SD, n = 3), and (4) continental sources associated with north‐northeasterly flows at higher altitudes (i.e., 2000 m above ground level; mean δ202Hg = 1.10 ± 0.21‰, 1SD, n = 8). Overall, these data, in conjunction with previous studies, suggest that the background global atmospheric mercury pool is characterized by moderately positive δ202Hg values; that urban‐industrial emissions drive the isotopic composition of ambient atmospheric mercury toward lower δ202Hg values; and that air‐surface exchange dynamics across vegetation and soils of terrestrial ecosystems drive the isotopic composition of ambient atmospheric mercury toward higher positive δ202Hg values. The data further suggest that mass‐independent fractionation (MIF) of both even‐mass‐ and odd‐mass‐number isotopes, likely generated by photochemical reactions in the atmosphere or during reemission from terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, can be obscured by mixing with anthropogenic emissions having different MIF signatures.Key PointsIsotopic composition of TGM differed among meteorologically identified sourcesBackground atmospheric TGM displayed moderately positive δ202Hg valuesAnthropogenic emissions drive TGM isotopic composition to lower δ202Hg values
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.subject.othermass‐independent fractionation
dc.subject.othermercury isotopes
dc.subject.otheratmospheric mercury
dc.subject.otheranthropogenic emissions
dc.subject.othermeteorology
dc.subject.othermass‐dependent fractionation
dc.titleCoupling atmospheric mercury isotope ratios and meteorology to identify sources of mercury impacting a coastal urban‐industrial region near Pensacola, Florida, USA
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelGeological Sciences
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScience
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
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dc.identifier.doi10.1002/2015GB005146
dc.identifier.sourceGlobal Biogeochemical Cycles
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