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 Co-Chairs	Lyatt Jaeglé and Noelle Selin
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
MIT	Inverse modeling to constrain Hg sources	Noelle Selin	March 14 2011
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
Harvard	Hg cycling in the Arctic atmosphere-ocean-sea ice-snow	Jenny Fisher	May 4 2011
Harvard	Long-term (30-year) simulation of Arctic Hg	Jenny Fisher	May 4 2011
Aarhus University	Comparison of Hg simulations to observations of fluxes across the air-sea interface.	Anne L. Soerensen	May 10 2011
Harvard	Fate of Hg released from products	Hannah Horowitz	September 22 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).
2. Implement NEI 2005 Hg emission inventory over US. (contact: Yanxu Zhang, UW).
3. Option to use GEOS-Chem Br/BrO fields from Justin Parrella. (contact: Yanxu Zhang, UW & Justin Parrella, Harvard).
4. Implement improved bromine explosion emission and chemistry in the Arctic (contact: Jenny Fisher, Harvard).
5. Implement improved Hg reduction and re-emission in snow (contact: Jenny Fisher, Harvard).

Issues / Topics for Discussion

More discussion of the Hg simulation (code, issues, diagnostics) can be found on the Mercury page.