RESEARCH ARTICLE · Geoscientific model development · 2025

The Multi-Compartment Hg Modeling and Analysis Project (MCHgMAP): mercury modeling to support international environmental policy

Ashu P. Dastoor, Hélène Angot, Johannes Bieser, Flora Maria Brocza, Brock A. Edwards, Aryeh I. Feinberg, Xinbin Feng, Benjamin M. Geyman, Charikleia Gournia, Yipeng He, Ian Michael Hedgecock, Ilia Ilyin, Terry J. Keating, Jane Kirk, Che‐Jen Lin, Igor Lehnherr, Robert Mason, David S. McLagan, Marilena Muntean, Peter Rafaj, Eric Michael Roy, Andrei Ryjkov, Noelle Eckley Selin, Francesco De Simone, Anne L. Soerensen, Frits Steenhuisen, Oleg Travnikov, Shuxiao Wang, Xun Wang, Simon Wilson, Qingru Wu, Qingru Wu, Yanxu Zhang, Wei Zhu, Wei Zhu, Scott Zolkos

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Abstract. The Multi-Compartment Hg (mercury) Modeling and Analysis Project (MCHgMAP) is an international multi-model research initiative intended to simulate and analyze the geospatial distributions and temporal trends of environmental Hg to inform the effectiveness evaluations of two multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs): the Minamata Convention on Mercury (MC) and Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP). This MCHgMAP overview paper presents its science objectives, background and rationale, experimental design (multi-model ensemble (MME) architecture, inputs and evaluation data, simulations and reporting framework), and methodologies for the evaluation and analysis of simulated environmental Hg levels. The primary goals of the project are to facilitate detection and attribution of recent (observed) and future (projected) spatial patterns and temporal trends of global environmental Hg levels, and identification of key knowledge gaps in Hg science and modeling to improve future effectiveness evaluation cycles of the MEAs. The current advances and challenges of Hg models, emission inventories, and observational data are examined, and an optimized multi-model experimental design is introduced for addressing the key policy questions of the MEAs. A common set of emissions, environmental conditions, and observation datasets are proposed (where possible) to enhance the MME comparability. A novel harmonized simulation approach between atmospheric, land, oceanic and multi-media models is developed to account for the short- and long-term changes in secondary Hg exchanges and to achieve mechanistic consistency of Hg levels across environmental matrices. A comprehensive set of model experiments is developed and prioritized to ensure a systematic analysis and participation of a variety of models from the scientific community.

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