Special Issue "Mercury in Atmosphere"

Dear Colleagues,

Toxic mercury is globally dispersed through long-range transport in the atmosphere and biogeochemical cycling in the environment. The aim of this Special Issue is to synthesize the state of the science in the measurement, assessment, and modeling of atmospheric mercury measurement to improve our understanding of global mercury cycling. The UNEP Minamata Convention on Mercury has entered into force since 2017. There is an urgent need for the research community to understand how local, regional and global mercury cycles respond to mercury emission control. This Special Issue focuses on topics on atmospheric mercury cycling that advance our knowledge and aid scientific evaluation of the environmental effectiveness of the Minamata Convention.

We especially welcome: (1) measurement and modeling studies that address atmospheric mercury cycling questions at local, regional and global scales; (2) process-orientated studies that address atmospheric mercury transformation and surface–atmospheric mercury exchange.

Targeted topics of this Special Issue include but are not limited to:

• Atmospheric mercury speciation;
• Atmospheric mercury chemistry;
• Surface–atmosphere exchange;
• Atmospheric mercury dry and wet deposition;
• Inventory of mercury emissions.

Dr. Xinbin Feng
Prof. Dr. Jerry Lin
Prof. Dr. Xuewu Fu
Dr. Wei Zhu
Guest Editors

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• atmospheric mercury
• speciation and concentration
• emission
• deposition
• surface–atmosphere exchange
• modeling