Title :

Spring 2020 Atmospheric Aerosol Contamination over Kyiv City

Author(s) :

Zhang, Chenning [Auteur]
Jilin University [JLU]
Shulga, Valery [Auteur]
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine = Національна академія наук України = Académie nationale des sciences d'Ukraine [NASU / НАН України]
Jilin University [JLU]
Milinevsky, Gennadi [Auteur]
Laboratoire d’Optique Atmosphérique - UMR 8518 [LOA]
Main Astronomical Observatory of NAS of Ukraine [MAO]
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Jilin University [JLU]
Danylevsky, Vassyl [Auteur]
Main Astronomical Observatory of NAS of Ukraine [MAO]
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Yukhymchuk, Yuliya [Auteur]
Laboratoire d’Optique Atmosphérique - UMR 8518 [LOA]
Main Astronomical Observatory of NAS of Ukraine [MAO]
Kyslyi, Volodymyr [Auteur]
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine = Національна академія наук України = Académie nationale des sciences d'Ukraine [NASU / НАН України]
Syniavskyi, Ivan [Auteur]
Main Astronomical Observatory of NAS of Ukraine [MAO]
Sosonkin, Mikhail [Auteur]
Main Astronomical Observatory of NAS of Ukraine [MAO]
Goloub, Philippe [Auteur]
Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique (LOA) - UMR 8518
Turos, Olena [Auteur]
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy [UKMA]
Simon, Andrii [Auteur]
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Choliy, Vasyl [Auteur]
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Maremukha, Tetiana [Auteur]
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy [UKMA]
Petrosian, Arina [Auteur]
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy [UKMA]
Pysanko, Vladyslav [Auteur]
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Honcharova, Anna [Auteur]
V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University [KhNU]
Shulga, Dmitry [Auteur]
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine = Національна академія наук України = Académie nationale des sciences d'Ukraine [NASU / НАН України]
Miatselskaya, Natallia [Auteur]
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus [NASB]
Morhuleva, Varvara [Auteur]
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy [UKMA]

Journal title :

Atmosphere

Abbreviated title :

Atmosphere

Volume number :

13

Pages :

-

Publication date :

2022-06-13

ISSN :

2073-4433

English keyword(s) :

aerosol
PM2.5
forest fires
AERONET
aerosol optical depth
angstrom ngstrom exponent

HAL domain(s) :

Planète et Univers [physics]/Océan, Atmosphère

English abstract : [en]

Extraordinarily high aerosol contamination was observed in the atmosphere over the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, during the March–April 2020 period. The source of contamination was the large grass and forest fires in the northern ...
Show more >Extraordinarily high aerosol contamination was observed in the atmosphere over the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, during the March–April 2020 period. The source of contamination was the large grass and forest fires in the northern part of Ukraine and the Kyiv region. The level of PM2.5 load was investigated using newly established AirVisual sensor mini-networks in five areas of the city. The aerosol data from the Kyiv AERONET sun-photometer site were analyzed for that period. Aerosol optical depth, Ångström exponent, and the aerosol particles properties (particle size distribution, single-scattering albedo, and complex refractive index) were analyzed using AERONET sun-photometer observations. The smoke particles observed at Kyiv site during the fires in general correspond to aerosol with optical properties of biomass burning aerosol. The variability of the optical properties and chemical composition indicates that the aerosol particles in the smoke plumes over Kyiv city were produced by different burning materials and phases of vegetation fires at different times. The case of enormous PM2.5 aerosol contamination in the Kyiv city reveals the need to implement strong measures for forest fire control and prevention in the Kyiv region, especially in its northwest part, where radioactive contamination from the Chernobyl disaster is still significant.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS

Collections :

• Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique (LOA) - UMR 8518

Submission date :

2024-01-16T22:44:46Z
2024-02-19T10:58:49Z