Oxidation of mercury by bromine in the subtropical Pacific free troposphere

Mercury is a global toxin that can be introduced to ecosystems through atmospheric deposition. Mercury oxidation is thought to occur in the free troposphere by bromine radicals, but direct observational evidence for this process is currently unavailable. During the 2013 Nitrogen, Oxidants, Mercury a...

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Main Authors: Gratz, L. E. (Author), Ambrose, J. L. (Author), Jaffe, D. A. (Author), Shah, V. (Author), Jaeglé, L. (Author), Stutz, J. (Author), Festa, J. (Author), Spolaor, M. (Author), Tsai, C. (Author), Zhou, X. (Author), Weinheimer, A. J. (Author), Knapp, D. J. (Author), Montzka, D. D. (Author), Flocke, F. M. (Author), Campos, T. L. (Author), Apel, E. (Author), Hornbrook, R. (Author), Blake, N. J. (Author), Hall, S. (Author), Tyndall, G. S. (Author), Reeves, M. (Author), Stechman, D. (Author), Stell, M. (Author), Selin, Noelle E (Contributor), Song, Shaojie (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor), Selin, Noelle (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2016-12-13T20:37:59Z.
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