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Grand Bay Episode March 6,

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additional information regarding this episode

Back trajectories simulated with the NOAA HYSPLIT model using meteorological on a 12 km grid

Trajectories started from the Grand Bay site (marked with a star on the map) at 5 different heights representing different positions in the mixed layer (0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9)

Note that the times are represented in UTC (Universal Time Coordinate) which is 6 hours later than Central Standard Time, e.g., 20 UTC = 14:00 Central Standard Time

Large mercury emissions sources are indicated on the map, including:

Wtsn = Watson coal-fired power plant FChm = First Chemical hazardous waste incin /

Chevron refinery PsIn = Pascagoula municipal waste

incinerator Brry = Barry coal fired power plants Danl = Daniel coal fired power plant Hlnm = Holnam cement plant Intl = International Paper ScIt = Scott Paper and International Paper

Additional trajectories immediately before period shown in slides above

Grand Bay “Episode” March 14, 2007

(very low concentrations)

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Grand Bay Episode

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additional information regarding this episode

Back trajectories simulated with the NOAA HYSPLIT model using meteorological on a 12 km grid

Trajectories started from the Grand Bay site (marked with a star on the map) at 5 different heights representing different positions in the mixed layer (0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9)

Note that the times are represented in UTC (Universal Time Coordinate) which is 6 hours later than Central Standard Time, e.g., 20 UTC = 14:00 Central Standard Time

Large mercury emissions sources are indicated on the map, including:

Wtsn = Watson coal-fired power plant FChm = First Chemical hazardous waste incin /

Chevron refinery PsIn = Pascagoula municipal waste

incinerator Brry = Barry coal fired power plants Danl = Daniel coal fired power plant Hlnm = Holnam cement plant Intl = International Paper ScIt = Scott Paper and International Paper

Additional trajectories immediately before period shown in slides above

Additional trajectories immediately after period shown in slides above

Grand Bay Episode March 7,

2007

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0 A

M

11:3

0 A

M

01:3

0 P

M

03:3

0 P

M

05:3

0 P

M

07:3

0 P

M

09:3

0 P

M

11:3

0 P

M

01:3

0 A

M

03:3

0 A

M

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

GE

M

(ng/

m3

- 1.

5) *

10

RG

M a

nd F

PM

(pg

/m3) RGM

FPM

GEM

08-Mar-07

03:3

0 A

M

05:3

0 A

M

07:3

0 A

M

09:3

0 A

M

11:3

0 A

M

01:3

0 P

M

03:3

0 P

M

05:3

0 P

M

07:3

0 P

M

09:3

0 P

M

11:3

0 P

M

01:3

0 A

M

03:3

0 A

M

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

GE

M

(ng/

m3

- 1.

5) *

10

RG

M a

nd F

PM

(pg

/m3) RGM

FPM

GEM

08-Mar-07

03:3

0 A

M

05:3

0 A

M

07:3

0 A

M

09:3

0 A

M

11:3

0 A

M

01:3

0 P

M

03:3

0 P

M

05:3

0 P

M

07:3

0 P

M

09:3

0 P

M

11:3

0 P

M

01:3

0 A

M

03:3

0 A

M

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

GE

M

(ng/

m3

- 1.

5) *

10

RG

M a

nd F

PM

(pg

/m3) RGM

FPM

GEM

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