DOI: 10.1002/2015GB005146
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84946545066
论文题名: Coupling atmospheric mercury isotope ratios and meteorology to identify sources of mercury impacting a coastal urban-industrial region near Pensacola, Florida, USA
作者: Demers J ; D ; , Sherman L ; S ; , Blum J ; D ; , Marsik F ; J ; , Dvonch J ; T
刊名: Global Biogeochemical Cycles
ISSN: 8866236
出版年: 2015
卷: 29, 期: 10 起始页码: 1689
结束页码: 1705
语种: 英语
英文关键词: anthropogenic emissions
; atmospheric mercury
; mass-dependent fractionation
; mass-independent fractionation
; mercury isotopes
; meteorology
Scopus关键词: anthropogenic source
; coal-fired power plant
; coastal zone
; emission inventory
; industrial location
; isotopic composition
; isotopic fractionation
; isotopic ratio
; mercury (element)
; meteorology
; urban area
; westerly
; Atlantic Ocean
; Florida [United States]
; Gulf of Mexico
; Pensacola
; United States
英文摘要: Identifying 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. ©2015. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/77928
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作者单位: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; Air Quality Laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Recommended Citation:
Demers J,D,, Sherman L,et al. Coupling atmospheric mercury isotope ratios and meteorology to identify sources of mercury impacting a coastal urban-industrial region near Pensacola, Florida, USA[J]. Global Biogeochemical Cycles,2015-01-01,29(10)