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Assessments of urban aerosol pollution in Moscow and its radiative effects |
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N. Y. Chubarova, M. A. Sviridenkov, A. Smirnov, B. N. Holben |
Medientyp |
Artikel
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Sprache |
Englisch
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1867-1381
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In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques ; 4, no. 2 ; Nr. 4, no. 2 (2011-02-28), S.367-378 |
Datensatznummer |
250001680
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Publikation (Nr.) |
copernicus.org/amt-4-367-2011.pdf |
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Zusammenfassung |
Simultaneous measurements by the collocated AERONET CIMEL sun/sky
photometers at the Moscow State University Meteorological Observatory (MSU
MO) and at the Zvenigorod Scientific Station (ZSS) of the A. M. Obukhov
Institute of Atmospheric Physics during September 2006–April 2009 provide
the estimates of the effects of urban pollution on various aerosol
properties in different seasons. The average difference in aerosol optical
thickness between MO MSU and ZSS, which can characterize the effect of
aerosol pollution, has been estimated to be about dAOT = 0.02 in visible
spectral region. The most pronounced difference is observed in winter
conditions when relative AOT difference can reach 26%. The high
correlation of the AOT's, the Angstrom exponent values and the effective
radii between the sites confirms that natural processes are the dominating
factor in the changes of the aerosol properties even over the Moscow
megacity area. The existence of positive correlation between dAOT and
difference in water vapor content explains many cases with large dAOT
between the sites by the time lag in the airmass advection. However, after
excluding the difference due to this factor, AOT in Moscow remains higher
even in a larger number of cases (more than 75%) with the same mean
dAOT = 0.02. Due to the negative average difference in aerosol radiative
forcing at the TOA of about dARFTOA = −0.9 W m−2, the aerosol urban
pollution provides a distinct cooling effect of the atmosphere. The PAR and
UV irradiance reaching the ground is only 2–3% lower in Moscow due to the
pollution effects, though in some situations the attenuation can reach
13% in visible and more than 20% in UV spectral region. |
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