{"title":"Influence of the Exponent in the Power-Law Model of Turbulence Spectrum in a Supersonic Flow on Laser Beam Propagation","authors":"D. A. Marakasov, A. A. Sukharev","doi":"10.1134/S1024856024701021","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1024856024701021","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The influence of deviations from the Kolmogorov–Obukhov model in the spectra of refractive index fluctuations in a supersonic air flow on transmitted optical radiation is studied. Statistical moments of a field are analytically estimated; laser radiation propagation through a high-speed air flow generated during flowing around an aircraft is simulated. The estimates of the coherence length and the relative dispersion of optical wave intensity fluctuations are compared. Consideration of deviations from the model of developed turbulence is shown to cause significant (several times) changes in the estimates of laser beam characteristics at a distance of several hundred meters. The results can be used to estimate radiation distortions under the turbulence effect in an optically active layer near the surface of supersonic aircraft on location and communication routes.</p>","PeriodicalId":46751,"journal":{"name":"Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics","volume":"37 6","pages":"757 - 765"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143554025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. M. Zinovev, V. S. Kuznetsov, N. N. Yudin, E. S. Slyunko, S. N. Podzyvalov, A. B. Lysenko, A. Yu. Kalsin, A. Sh. Gabdrakhmanov, D. V. Vlasov
{"title":"Influence of the Composition and Morphology of Dielectric Mirrors of Lidar Systems on their Optical Breakdown Threshold","authors":"M. M. Zinovev, V. S. Kuznetsov, N. N. Yudin, E. S. Slyunko, S. N. Podzyvalov, A. B. Lysenko, A. Yu. Kalsin, A. Sh. Gabdrakhmanov, D. V. Vlasov","doi":"10.1134/S1024856024701203","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1024856024701203","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The influence of the morphology and composition of thin films which form the structure of dielectric mirrors of optical cavities of coherent sources for lidars is studied. TiO<sub>2</sub>/SiO<sub>2</sub> and ZnS/YbF<sub>3</sub> dielectric mirrors were simulated in Optilayer software; their morphological features were determined with the use of electron and atomic force microscopy. Interference coating of the calculated structure was deposited onto a substrate by the ion-beam sputtering method. The Nd:YAG laser- (wavelength of 1064 nm) induced breakdown threshold was found to be 4 J/cm<sup>2</sup> for a TiO<sub>2</sub>/SiO<sub>2</sub> mirror and 3.2 J/cm<sup>2</sup> for a ZnS/YbF<sub>3</sub> mirror. The result can be useful for manufacturing dielectric mirrors with high optical breakdown thresholds for both sources and detectors of lidar systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":46751,"journal":{"name":"Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics","volume":"37 6","pages":"932 - 937"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143553642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. V. Makarova, S. C. Foka, D. V. Ionov, V. S. Kostsov, V. M. Ivakhov, N. N. Paramonova
{"title":"Characterization of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Territory of the St. Petersburg Agglomeration, Russia, Based on the Results of EMME-2019 and EMME-2020 Mobile Observational Campaigns","authors":"M. V. Makarova, S. C. Foka, D. V. Ionov, V. S. Kostsov, V. M. Ivakhov, N. N. Paramonova","doi":"10.1134/S1024856024701045","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1024856024701045","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Saint Petersburg is the second most populous city in the Russian Federation and the fourth in Europe. According to official statistics, ∼5.6 million people permanently live in the city. In order to experimentally estimate greenhouse gas emissions from the territory of the St. Petersburg agglomeration, an original combined approach was developed and implemented during EMME-2019 and ЕММЕ-2020 observational campaigns. The paper summarizes the results of mobile experiments in 2019 and 2020. The period March – early May chosen for the EMME campaigns is shown to be optimal for estimating CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. The average anthropogenic additives caused by emissions from the territory of St. Petersburg were assessed at ∼1.07 ppmv for CO<sub>2</sub> and ∼6.61 ppbv for CH<sub>4</sub>. Experimental estimates of specific greenhouse gas fluxes for the territory of the St. Petersburg agglomeration amounted to 72 kt km<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup> CO<sub>2</sub> and 198 t km<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup> CH<sub>4</sub> for six days of the campaign in 2020; 80 kt km<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup> CO<sub>2</sub> and 161 t km<sup>−2</sup> year<sup>−1</sup> CH<sub>4</sub> for 15 days of the campaigns in 2019 and 2020. The CH<sub>4</sub>/CO<sub>2</sub> and CO/CO<sub>2</sub> emission ratios for St. Petersburg in March–early May 2020 averaged 6.4 and 5.7 ppbv/ppmv, respectively. Lockdown restrictions due to COVID-19 pandemic affected the structure of emission from the territory of St. Petersburg, namely, a sharp decrease in transport activity significantly decreased CO emissions from motor vehicles.</p>","PeriodicalId":46751,"journal":{"name":"Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics","volume":"37 6","pages":"786 - 797"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143553645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Statistical Simulation of Spaceborne Lidar Pulse Propagation in Cirrus Clouds Taking into Account Multiple Scattering","authors":"T. V. Russkova, V. A. Shishko","doi":"10.1134/S1024856024701057","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1024856024701057","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Laser remote sensing of cirrus clouds is accompanied by the problem of taking into account the multiple scattering of radiation, which influences the reliability of measurement interpretation. The contribution of multiple scattering of radiation to echo signals of a spaceborne lidar is estimated. The nonstationary problem of laser pulse propagation in continuous cirrus clouds with separation by scattering multiplicities is solved by the Monte Carlo method at different values of the optical and microstructural characteristics of clouds (optical thickness and shape and size of ice particles) and lidar parameters (distance from the sensing object, beam divergence, and field of view of the receiver). Numerical experiments were carried out taking into account the permissible range of the parameters for operational or promising spaceborne lidar systems. The features of the formation of the backward signal when aerosol and Rayleigh particles, as well as the underlying cloud layer, are introduced into the atmospheric model are discussed. The simulation results indicate the high sensitivity of the echo signal part caused by multiply scattered radiation to the parameters under study, which should be taken into account when formulating and solving inverse problems.</p>","PeriodicalId":46751,"journal":{"name":"Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics","volume":"37 6","pages":"798 - 807"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143553646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determination of Coefficients of Water Vapor Absorption Line Center Shifting by Nitrogen and Oxygen Pressure in the Visible Range","authors":"V. I. Starikov","doi":"10.1134/S1024856024701008","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1024856024701008","url":null,"abstract":"<p>An analytical model δ(sur) is suggested for calculating shift coefficients δ of water vapor lines by pressure of nitrogen and oxygen in the visible range. The model depends on fitting parameters and linearly depends on the line broadening coefficient. The model δ(sur) retrieves 496 coefficients δ for lines from the range 13 550–22 590 cm<sup>−1</sup> with a mean square deviation of 6.0 × 10<sup>−3</sup> cm<sup>−1</sup>/atm in the case of line center shifts by nitrogen and 265 coefficients δ for lines from the range 13 550–14 000 cm<sup>−1</sup> with a mean square deviation of 2.5 × 10<sup>−3</sup> cm<sup>−1</sup>/atm in the case of line center shifts by oxygen. The model can be used for calculating coefficients of broadening and shift of H<sub>2</sub>O absorption lines by pressure of nitrogen, oxygen, and air in the visible range.</p>","PeriodicalId":46751,"journal":{"name":"Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics","volume":"37 6","pages":"743 - 750"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143554023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. M. Sakerin, D. M. Kabanov, I. A. Kruglinsky, V. V. Pol’kin, A. O. Pochufarov
{"title":"Features of the Spatial Distribution of Atmospheric Aerosol in the Eurasian Sector of the Arctic Ocean","authors":"S. M. Sakerin, D. M. Kabanov, I. A. Kruglinsky, V. V. Pol’kin, A. O. Pochufarov","doi":"10.1134/S1024856024701136","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1024856024701136","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The interest in aerosol studies in the Arctic stems from the large dynamics of the climate processes and active economical development of this region. The number of polar stations, available at present, is insufficient to determine the aerosol spatial distribution over the territory of the Arctic Ocean (AO). In this paper, the long-term studies in the Eurasian sector of the Arctic Ocean (AO) (19 ship-based expeditions in 2007–2023) are used to statistically generalize the volume concentrations of fine and coarse aerosol (<i>V</i><sub>f</sub> and <i>V</i><sub>с</sub>) in the near-water layer and the aerosol optical depth (AOD) of the atmosphere. The average AOD (0.5 μm) was 0.061 with an Ångström exponent of 0.9; the average concentrations of fine and coarse aerosol were 0.35 and 2.5 μm<sup>3</sup>/cm<sup>3</sup>, respectively. The content of fine aerosol was the largest in the atmosphere over the Norwegian and Barents Seas. The spatial distribution was characterized by the decline in the concentrations in northern and eastern directions: the average <i>V</i><sub>f</sub> value decreased by a factor of 1.7 (from 0.43 to 0.26 μm<sup>3</sup>/cm<sup>3</sup>) from the Barents to Chukchi Sea. In the spatial distribution of coarse aerosol very high concentrations were in the southwestern part of the Kara Sea; the average <i>V</i><sub>с</sub> was 4.18 μm<sup>3</sup>/cm<sup>3</sup>. The content of coarse aerosol were in the Kara Sea severalfold decreased in the eastern and western directions. These results can be used in planning the economical development of the Arctic region and refining climate models.</p>","PeriodicalId":46751,"journal":{"name":"Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics","volume":"37 6","pages":"881 - 889"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1134/S1024856024701136.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143553758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Specific Features of Distribution of Total Ozone Column Field over the Territory of Russia, its Interrelations, and Data Mismatch","authors":"O. E. Bazhenov, A. V. Elnikov, V. A. Loginov","doi":"10.1134/S1024856024701069","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1024856024701069","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The studies of the total ozone column (TOC) field are among the important problems of atmospheric optics. In this paper, the spatial distribution of the TOC over Russian territory is analyzed based on Aura OMI (Ozone Monitoring Instrument) data. The observations for individual areas (sites) are presented in the form of TOC time series, which cover the observation period from January 2005 to December 2022. Integrated (without accounting for the seasonal variations) latitude–longitude features of TOC distribution over the territory under study are revealed; correlation coefficients between the TOC time series for different sites are calculated; their interrelations are studied as functions of the distance between the sites; the spatial autocorrelation function is compiled and the sizes of the spatial inhomogeneities of the TOC field are estimated. The spatial mismatch of the data is analyzed using a parameter representing a measure of the standard deviation from the average mismatch. The results of the work provide an idea of the scale of the spatial correlations in the TOC field and can be used for clarifying the optically active constituent of the atmosphere when developing weather and climate change prognostic models.</p>","PeriodicalId":46751,"journal":{"name":"Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics","volume":"37 6","pages":"808 - 814"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143553760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Severe Weather Events and Atmospheric Monitoring from Satellite Navigation Systems","authors":"O. G. Khutorova, M. V. Maslova, V. E. Khutorov","doi":"10.1134/S102485602470091X","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S102485602470091X","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Atmospheric monitoring from global satellite navigation systems is usually used for estimating the atmospheric integral water vapor and measuring zenith tropospheric delay of satellite radio signals and its gradient parameters characterizing atmospheric mesoscale irregularities with a high temporal resolution. Based on a sample of several hundred severe weather events corresponding to available observations at the nearest satellite stations in the Republic of Tatarstan and Moscow region located at latitudes 55°–56° N, the work shows a significant variability of these atmospheric parameters associated with convective severe weather events. The inhomogeneity of the field of the zenith tropospheric delay of satellite signals is shown to strongly increase under the conditions of a severe weather event, which is manifested in the increase in its gradient parameters and their fluctuations, as well as in the growth of the integral water vapor. The intensity of fluctuations of the integral water vapor most strongly changes if a station is located not further than 20 km from a severe event, which is explained by the size of convective cells. However, even if a station is spaced up to 200 km apart from a severe event, an increase in the atmospheric integral water vapor and the amplification of inhomogeneity as compared to long-term average data are observed.</p>","PeriodicalId":46751,"journal":{"name":"Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics","volume":"37 5","pages":"684 - 688"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142859824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sensitivity of the Model of Methane Emission from Arctic Shelf Seas to Gas Exchange Parameterization","authors":"V. V. Malakhova, M. V. Kraineva","doi":"10.1134/S1024856024700933","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1024856024700933","url":null,"abstract":"<p>There is considerable uncertainty about the methane emission from Arctic shelf seas. Methane fluxes in this region can be underestimated and play a significant role due to the large volume of gas contained in bottom sediments in the permafrost and gas hydrates. We analyzed the model sensitivity to the parameterization of gas exchange processes on the sea surface based on the numerical modeling of the transport of dissolved methane in Arctic seas. A dissolved methane transport model is included into the basic model of the ocean and sea ice SibCIOM developed at Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Methane emissions into the atmosphere were estimated with various parameterization of the gas exchange process in the “water–atmosphere” and “water–ice–atmosphere” systems with NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data. The uncertainty of the estimate of annual methane emission amounted to 6–12% when considering different dependencies of gas exchange on wind. The scheme which considers the ice cover has a more pronounced influence on methane flux calculations: the uncertainty increased to 50–130%. Parameterization of the relation between ice cover and gas exchange can have a great effect on the calculated methane fluxes and lead to underestimation of its emission from Arctic shelf seas.</p>","PeriodicalId":46751,"journal":{"name":"Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics","volume":"37 5","pages":"698 - 705"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142859821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. V. Pol’kin, M. V. Panchenko, S. A. Terpugova, V. P. Shmargunov
{"title":"Study of the Content of Volatile Species in the Composition of Atmospheric Particles on the Basis of Thermal Impact and Recording by Optical Counters","authors":"V. V. Pol’kin, M. V. Panchenko, S. A. Terpugova, V. P. Shmargunov","doi":"10.1134/S1024856024700969","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1024856024700969","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A description of the designed automated complex is presented. The results of measurements of the content of species with different volatilities in six particle size ranges from 0.3 to 5 μm with artificial heating from 25°С to and 200°С (with an intermediate point at 100°) are discussed. The particle concentration was recorded by an optical counter. The instrumentation complex was tested in the period 2021–2023 in separate series of round-the-clock observations in different seasons. The photoelectric counter and integrating nephelometer measurements in December 2022 and March 2023 were compared. It has been shown that variations in the relative content of soluble sulfur compounds according to the counter data are in a good agreement with the variability of the values of the parameter of condensation activity. In general, the use of this method is hoped to make it possible to obtain additional information about the seasonal and diurnal variations in aerosol composition in the intermediate range of particle sizes.</p>","PeriodicalId":46751,"journal":{"name":"Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics","volume":"37 5","pages":"719 - 724"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142859826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}