Mercury dynamics and long-range transport in the troposphere Print E-mail
Affiliation(s) Collaborators Funded by
DAS Obrist, Daniel State of Colorado Air Pollution Control Division.

Project Description

At DRI’s high-elevation (10,500 ft) Storm Peak Laboratory in Steamboat Springs, DRI is conducting studies to characterize the influence of Asian Long-Range Transport (ALRT) of mercury from Asian sources to the Western United States. The laboratory reaches high into the troposphere, and hence allows characterization of high tropospheric mercury chemical transformations that could otherwise only be studies with aircrafts.

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DRI’s Storm Peak Laboratory in Steamboat Springs, CO, on top of Mt. Werner (10,500 ft) Gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) and CO concentration enhancements during ALRT pollution. Image of Asian dust transport over the Pacific (SeaWiFS Project NASA/Goddard)
 

Storm Peak Laboratory

Research and Education at 10,500 Feet
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