Convective forcing of mercury and ozone in the Arctic boundary layer induced by leads in sea ice

Christopher W. Moore (), Daniel Obrist, Alexandra Steffen, Ralf M. Staebler, Thomas A. Douglas, Andreas Richter and Son V. Nghiem
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Christopher W. Moore: Desert Research Institute
Daniel Obrist: Desert Research Institute
Alexandra Steffen: Air Quality Processes Research Section, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario M3H 5T4, Canada
Ralf M. Staebler: Air Quality Processes Research Section, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario M3H 5T4, Canada
Thomas A. Douglas: US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
Andreas Richter: Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen 28359, Germany
Son V. Nghiem: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

Nature, 2014, vol. 506, issue 7486, 81-84

Abstract: Sea-ice leads (open water channels), which increase with an ongoing shift from perennial to seasonal sea ice, are shown to initiate convection in the Arctic boundary layer, thus supplying ozone and gaseous mercury to the surface and possibly leading to additional pollution effects.

Date: 2014
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