Hg and POPs Working Group

All users interested in the GEOS-Chem mercury and persistent organic pollutant (POPs) simulations are encouraged to subscribe to the Hg and POPs email list (click on the link in the contact information section below).

Information on existing projects and future developments in aerosols will be posted here. We encourage user groups to keep their information up-to-date.

Contact information

Hg and POPs Working Group Chair	Lyatt Jaeglé
Hg and POPs Working Group email list	geos-chem-hg-pop@seas.harvard.edu
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Current GEOS-Chem Hg and POPs Projects (please add yours!)

User Group	Description	Contact Person	Date Added
UW	N. American nested grid Hg simulation development	Yanxu Zhang	July 5 2010
UW	Hg long-range transport and deposition over Alaska	Lyatt Jaeglé	July 5 2010
MIT	Development of a PAH and PCB simulation and assessment of climate change impacts on pathways to the Arctic	Noelle Selin	July 5 2010
MIT	Analysis of Wet Deposition and RGM to constrain Hg-Br chemistry	Noelle Selin	July 5 2010
Harvard	Hg(II) gas-particle partitioning	Helen Amos	July 6 2010
Harvard	Hg continental-scale source-receptor relationships	Bess Sturges Corbitt	August 2 2010
Harvard	Hg coupled atmosphere-terrestrial exchange and future climate change simulations	Bess Sturges Corbitt	August 2 2010
Harvard	Historical Hg simulation with fully coupled atm-soil-ocean model.	Helen Amos	March 9 2011
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Recent GEOS-Chem updates related to Hg and POPs

1. Hg anthropogenic emissions options for the year 2006 or 2050 following SRES scenarios A1B, A2, B1, and B2 from Streets et al. 2009. (contact: Bess Sturges Corbitt, Harvard).

On-going Hg and POPs Working Group Developments

1. Development of GEOS-5 0.5x0.667 nested grid Hg simulation over the N. American domain. (contact: Yanxu Zhang, UW).