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FATE OF MERCURY IN THE ARCTIC Michael Evan ... - COGCI

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Fate of Mercury in the Arctic 73<br />

4) New Total Volume for each denuder = New count * 10 l per second (fixed)<br />

Control: registered total Volume = Corrected total volume<br />

Control: registered total mass, RGM in ng Hg (0) = new total mass RGM, ng Hg (0).<br />

6) New concentration: New mass / New volume<br />

Run dates and time, reported as Greenwich Mean Time, not local time, in accordance with<br />

the other monitors at CMDL Barrow. The sonic anemometer consistently showed an ambient<br />

temperature of 2 degrees higher than other ambient temperature instruments at CMDL. This<br />

indicates that one ore more of the heads was slightly out of line after shipping. This should not<br />

affect the measurements since the proportionality constant, β, is based on the heat flux, so it is the<br />

difference in temperature that matters. This is assuming, that there was no significant heat flux.<br />

Table 1. RGM mass raw data and accumulated concentrations corrected for blank values, 1130<br />

are automatic RGM concentration measurements from the NOAA TEKRAN speciation unit, for<br />

comparison to REA total as % difference, run 2 not included in compared avg. and std. deviation.<br />

Date time group RGM mass (pg) Concentration Blank. Corrected (pg/m3)<br />

Run Dt/time(Z) Down mid up down mid up Total 1130 % difference<br />

1 29 2200-30 0100 MAR 29,3 15,3 12,3 67,7 19,0 33,7 121 126 4<br />

2 30 1800-30 2200 MAR 28,2 353,9 24,7 44,6 310,6 46,7 402 58 (-593)<br />

3 02 2000-03 0000 APR 31,0 23,7 21,0 39,9 23,2 42,2 105 93 -13<br />

4 04 2015-05 0015 APR 11,8 22,9 9,4 17,4 22,5 15,6 56 65 14<br />

5 05 1839-06 0039 APR 31,0 56,4 27,2 33,8 32,7 31,7 98 448 78<br />

6 07 1850-08 0050 APR 61,4 92,6 38,6 57,5 58,0 46,2 162 99 -64<br />

7 08 2030-09 0030 APR 25,5 24,6 13,7 33,5 23,8 27,0 84 172 51<br />

8 09 1804-10 0104 APR 44,8 68,1 35,9 35,9 36,2 36,9 109 335 67<br />

9 10 1839-10 2339 APR 29,9 41,7 22,7 33,5 30,3 36,1 100 166 40<br />

10 11 2000-12 0000 APR 27,1 34,8 16,4 39,8 32,8 29,4 102 121 16<br />

12 12 2100-13 0000 APR 26,7 41,8 21,4 31,2 30,0 32,8 94 97 3<br />

AVERAGE 31,5 70,5 22,1 39,5 56,3 34,4 24<br />

Std. Dev. 12,47 96,72 9,26 13,49 84,99 8,97 42<br />

11 (night) 12 0800-12 1100 APR 4,80 6,70 2,2 6,4 6,4 4,5 17 48 65<br />

Table 2, page 75, shows other average data for the run, as recorded by the sonic<br />

anemometer. The clean air sector for NOAA, CMDL, Barrow, Alaska is defined as wind arriving

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