Surface ozone concentration variability in Moscow and Kiev |
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Authors: | A M Zvyagintsev I B Belikov N F Elanskii I N Kuznetsova Ya O Romanyuk M G Sosonkin O A Tarasova |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Atmospheric Science, Kannur University, Kannur, Kerala, 670 567, India |
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Abstract: | The comparison is represented of the results of surface ozone concentration measurements in two megalopolises, Moscow and
Kiev. A temporal course of ozone concentration and temperature in both cities is close by the shape and is typical of medium-polluted
plain stations. In both megalopolises, two maxima are observed within the seasonal ozone concentration variability, in spring
and summer, and during the day, a usual ozone concentration maximum (approximately in 2–3 hours after the local noon) and
the night one being typical of big cities. An average ozone concentration and an average temperature in corresponding periods
are higher in Kiev than in Moscow. Evidently, the summer maximum is associated with photochemical ozone generation processes,
and the spring one, with dynamic processes of its transport in the atmosphere. In both megalopolises, the episodes are observed
in the warm period under meteorological conditions being unfavorable for the pollutant scattering in the atmosphere when the
ozone concentration exceeds the threshold limit value and is dangerous for health. The repeatability of such episodes is the
highest one in July-August. In Kiev, such episodes are more frequent than in Moscow. An effective statistical model is constructed
for both megalopolises in which the observed ozone concentration is represented in the form of regression function of temperature
and relative humidity. |
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