TY - JOUR N2 - The aim of this work was to identify concentration levels of different chemical forms of mercury (TGM, TPM) in the ambient air in selected areas of the Silesian Region, characterized by low and high mercury emission. Based on the obtained data TGM and TPM concentration levels were determined. The project also focused on determination of dry and wet deposition of mercury compounds. Data concerning TGM and TPM flux rates in the ambient air and data on mercury deposition were used to determine a deposition coefficient. The coefficient was calculated as a share of mercury deposition on the land surface (dry and wet) to the amount of this contaminant transported with loads of air in the form of TGM and TPM in a given measurement station. At both monitoring stations the deposition coefficient did not exceed 0.2 %. The idea of calculating the deposition coefficient based on the analysis of TGM and TPM flux rate is a new solution. The proposed deposition coefficient allows to quantify information on a selected contaminant concentration and its potential impact resulting from deposition. Further studies on the deposition coefficient may contribute to the development of methods for estimating the impact of contaminants contained in the ambient air on other environmental components based on the analyses of the contaminant flux rate. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/85951/PDF/10265-Volume40-Issue3-paper_04.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/85951 PY - 2014 IS - No 3 DO - 10.2478/aep-2014-0023 KW - Atmospheric mercury speciation KW - TGM KW - TPM KW - mercury wet and dry deposition A1 - Nowak, Bartosz A1 - Korszun-Kłak, Katarzyna A1 - Zielonka, Urszula PB - Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 40 DA - 2014 T1 - Long-Term Measurments of Atmospheric Mercury Species (TGM, TPM) and Hg Deposition in the Silesian Region, Poland – Concept of the Mercury Deposition Coefficient UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/85951 T2 - Archives of Environmental Protection ER -