Mercury speciation and aerosol properties at Svalbard (RIS-ID nr.10073)

Mercury is a major pollutant in the Arctic, and due to atmospheric mercury depletion events(AMDEs), unreactive elemental mercury will be oxidized to reactive species which may be more dangerous to the environment. The removal of mercury from the atmosphere is intimately related to the size and chemical composition of the aerosol. The aim of the thesis is to improve the understanding between the relation of mercury speciation in the atmosphere and the aerosol physical-chemical properties. This is part 2 of an earlier master thesis where the candidate studied the data from August 2013-July 2014(Pan Wang). This candidate is responsible from one year of data starting in September 2014.