README -- Describes contents of HEMCO/MERCURY/v2014-09/NATURAL
19 Feb 2015
GEOS-Chem Support Team
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Overview:
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This directory contains natural emissions of Hg0, which are used by
the GEOS-Chem mercury simulation.


Files:
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newnatural.geos.4x5.nc

 -- Natural sources of Hg, scaled to the location of mercury mines as 
    described in Selin et al., 2007.

    Original data file: GEOS_4x5/mercury_201007/newnatural.bpch
    Converted to COARDS-compliant netCDF by Christoph Keller.


References:
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Selin, N.E., D.J. Jacob, R.J. Park, R.M. Yantosca, S. Strode, L. Jaegle, and 
  D. Jaffe, "Chemical cycling and deposition of atmospheric mercury: Global 
  constraints from observations", __J. Geophys. Res__, 112, DO2308, 
  doi:10.1029/2006JD007450, 2007. 

Also see "References" on the GEOS-Chem wiki "Mercury" page:

  http://wiki.geos-chem.org/Mercury#References