{"title":"The Nature of Hygroscopicity of Aerosol Haze Particles over Beijing","authors":"G. B. Pronchev, A. N. Yermakov","doi":"10.1134/S1024856024701744","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1024856024701744","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Atmospheric aerosols have a significant impact on air quality, climate, and human health. The comparison of gaseous impurity and ionic composition monitoring data in the surface atmosphere over Antwerp and Beijing showed that the hygroscopicity level of dense haze particles over Beijing in winter is determined by the depth of heterogeneous reactions of sulfate and nitrate formation. The paper discusses the dynamics and mechanisms of these nonphotochemical processes, as well as the features of their coupling in a haze-polluted atmosphere. Their rapid occurrence in particles in combination with the uptake of water vapor from the air causes abnormally high mass concentrations of aerosol and their variability during the haze period over Beijing. The results are necessary for forecasting the occurrence of dense hazes, as well as for constructing models of transport of gas and aerosol microimpurities in the atmosphere.</p>","PeriodicalId":46751,"journal":{"name":"Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics","volume":"38 2","pages":"138 - 145"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145171369","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. I. Dolgii, A. P. Makeev, A. V. Nevzorov, A. A. Nevzorov, N. S. Salnikova, O. V. Kharchenko
{"title":"Vertical Distribution of Ozone in the Upper Troposphere–Stratosphere according to lidar Sounding Data at the Siberian Lidar Station in 2023","authors":"S. I. Dolgii, A. P. Makeev, A. V. Nevzorov, A. A. Nevzorov, N. S. Salnikova, O. V. Kharchenko","doi":"10.1134/S1024856024701689","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1024856024701689","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The paper analyzes lidar measurements of vertical ozone distribution in the lower stratosphere–upper troposphere at the Siberian Lidar Station of V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, over Tomsk in 2023. The annual variation in the vertical ozone distribution is shown, as well as high ozone content in the lower stratosphere–upper troposphere recorded on March 9, 2023, which is assumed to be caused by a quire rare process of stratospheric–tropospheric air mass transport through the tropopause.</p>","PeriodicalId":46751,"journal":{"name":"Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics","volume":"38 2","pages":"161 - 165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145171634","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. A. Gladkikh, A. P. Kamardin, I. V. Nevzorova, S. L. Odintsov
{"title":"Air Temperature Variance under Conditions of Temperature Inversion","authors":"V. A. Gladkikh, A. P. Kamardin, I. V. Nevzorova, S. L. Odintsov","doi":"10.1134/S1024856024701690","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1024856024701690","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The effect of vertical and horizontal turbulent heat fluxes on the air temperature variance under conditions of temperature inversions of different intensity is considered. It is shown that the neglect of horizontal turbulent heat fluxes under these conditions in the existing models can lead to significant underestimation of the mixing layer height.</p>","PeriodicalId":46751,"journal":{"name":"Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics","volume":"38 2","pages":"216 - 219"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145171367","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}
A. V. Shepelev, D. A. Yagnyatinskiy, V. N. Fedoseyev
{"title":"Erratum to: An Exact Analytical Calculation of the Wavefront Structure Function for the Case of Kolmogorov Atmospheric Turbulence","authors":"A. V. Shepelev, D. A. Yagnyatinskiy, V. N. Fedoseyev","doi":"10.1134/S1024856025010014","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1024856025010014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46751,"journal":{"name":"Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics","volume":"38 3","pages":"377 - 377"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145168265","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":"Applicability of a Neural Network Approach to Retrieving the Optical Thickness and Effective Radius of Droplets in Single-Layer Horizontally Inhomogeneous Cloudiness","authors":"T. V. Russkova, A. V. Skorokhodov","doi":"10.1134/S1024856024701240","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1024856024701240","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Liquid-drop clouds play a significant role in the evolution of cloud systems and the formation of the Earth’s radiation balance. Determination of their optical and microphysical characteristics is one of the most important problems of optics and atmospheric physics. The paper is devoted to assessing the applicability of an artificial neural network to processing synthetic data of passive satellite measurements of reflected solar radiation of low and medium spatial resolution in the visible and short-wave infrared spectral regions in order to simultaneously retrieve the optical thickness and effective radius of droplets of horizontally inhomogeneous cloudiness. The network is trained using the Monte Carlo calculated values of radiance in marine stratocumulus clouds generated by a fractal model. Through a nonlinear approximation of the dependence of optical and microphysical parameters of clouds on radiation characteristics, the tested algorithm allows taking into account the effects of horizontal radiative transfer, unlike classical IPA/NIPA (Independent Pixel Approximation/Nonlocal Independent Pixel Approximation) schemes. It is shown that the errors in solving the inverse problem can be reduced by assimilating data in adjacent pixels, reducing spatial resolution, and using radiance data received at small solar zenith angles. The high correlation between the test and retrieved optical thickness and effective radius indicate the possibility of using a neural network approach to interpreting satellite measurement data.</p>","PeriodicalId":46751,"journal":{"name":"Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics","volume":"38 1","pages":"18 - 26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143888554","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":"Remote Spectrometric Measurements of Atmospheric Nitrogen Dioxide near Urban Thermal Power Plants","authors":"D. V. Ionov, M. V. Makarova","doi":"10.1134/S1024856024701288","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1024856024701288","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The operation of thermal power plants (TPP) is accompanied by the emission of various pollutants into the atmosphere, including nitrogen oxides. This paper presents the results of spectrometric measurements of the atmospheric NO<sub>2</sub> content carried out on circular routes around large urban TPPs of St. Petersburg. The spatial variability of tropospheric NO<sub>2</sub> content in the vicinity of a TPP is determined based on experimental data received by the DOAS (Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy) method and shows high values in the downwind side of stacks. The spatial distributions derived from the mobile DOAS measurements are confirmed by the results of numerical calculations of the NO<sub>2</sub> content field with the HYSPLIT (HYbrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectories) model taking into account a priori information on the volume of NO<sub><i>x</i></sub> emissions from main urban TPPs. Approximate estimates of NO<sub><i>x</i></sub> emissions from two the largest TPPs in St. Petersburg from calculations of the total flux of NO<sub>2</sub> molecules through a loop-route DOAS measurements amount to ∼2–3 kt per year. These experimental data are important for determining the contribution of thermal power plants to anthropogenic atmospheric pollution.</p>","PeriodicalId":46751,"journal":{"name":"Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics","volume":"38 1","pages":"51 - 58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143888600","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}
P. N. Antokhin, V. G. Arshinova, M. Yu. Arshinov, B. D. Belan, S. B. Belan, D. K. Davydov, G. A. Ivlev, A. V. Kozlov, T. M. Rasskazchikova, D. E. Savkin, D. V. Simonenkov, T. K. Sklyadneva, G. N. Tolmachev, A. V. Fofonov
{"title":"Complex Assessment of Air Composition over the Russian Arctic in September 2020","authors":"P. N. Antokhin, V. G. Arshinova, M. Yu. Arshinov, B. D. Belan, S. B. Belan, D. K. Davydov, G. A. Ivlev, A. V. Kozlov, T. M. Rasskazchikova, D. E. Savkin, D. V. Simonenkov, T. K. Sklyadneva, G. N. Tolmachev, A. V. Fofonov","doi":"10.1134/S1024856024701264","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1024856024701264","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Сlimate warming in the Arctic is several times faster than in other regions of the globe. This сan be the result of strengthening of feedbacks between climate and atmospheric composition. However, there are very few data on changes in the concentration of climatically active substances in this region. Therefore, to fill the gap in data on the vertical distribution of gas and aerosol composition of air over the Russian Arctic, an airborne survey of the atmosphere and water surface over all the Russian Arctic Ocean seas was performed with use of the Tu-134 Optik aircraft laboratory in September 2020. This paper analyzes the spatial distribution of gas and aerosol composition in the Arctic troposphere. It is shown that during the experiment, the CO<sub>2</sub> mixing ratio increased in the near-water and boundary layers and decreased in the free troposphere from west to east. The methane content in the near-water layer decreased in the same direction. Concentrations of CO, NO<sub><i>X</i></sub>, and SO<sub>2</sub> in the Russian Arctic were very low, which was typical for remote background areas. All aerosol fractions also showed a decrease in their content from west to east.</p>","PeriodicalId":46751,"journal":{"name":"Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics","volume":"38 1","pages":"37 - 45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143888555","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":"Experimental Verification of the Model Dependence of the Turbulent Prandtl Number on the Gradient Richardson Number","authors":"V. A. Banakh, I. N. Smalikho, I. V. Zaloznaya","doi":"10.1134/S1024856024701239","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1024856024701239","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A formula has been derived which connects the structural constant of temperature fluctuations with the dissipation rate of kinetic energy of turbulence not through the turbulent thermal diffusivity but through the vertical gradients of average wind velocity and air temperature and the turbulent Prandtl number. To estimate the structural constant of temperature using this formula, a model based on generalization of known data on the turbulent Prandtl number as a function of the gradient Richardson number is proposed. It has been experimentally shown that the time series of the structural constant of temperature, which is calculated using the proposed formula and independently found from the spectra of temperature fluctuations based on measurements of wind velocity and air temperature with sonic anemometers at two altitudes, are consistent with each other. This confirms correctness of the theoretical constructions the generalized results of which serve as the basis for the model dependence of the turbulent Prandtl number on the gradient Richardson number and opens possibilities of remote determination of the structural constant of temperature from measurements of wind velocity and temperature.</p>","PeriodicalId":46751,"journal":{"name":"Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics","volume":"38 1","pages":"12 - 17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143888598","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":"Simulation of Severe Weather Events in Western Siberia Using WRF Atmospheric Model","authors":"S. Yu. Zolotov, A. S. Loginov","doi":"10.1134/S1024856024701331","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1024856024701331","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The intensity and frequency of severe weather events are currently increasing in Western Siberia. Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) atmospheric model makes it possible to study these phenomena, in particular, for warning about their occurrence. This article defines a set of WRF parameterization schemes which provide a full-fledged analysis of the causes of occurrence and monitor the further development of severe weather events. This set of schemes ensures correct operation of WRF model under conditions corresponding to severe weather events. The paper details two weather events with such severe phenomena as very strong wind, very heavy rainfall, prolonged heavy rain, and abnormally cold weather, which occurred in Western Siberia on April 29–30, 2019, and December 25–26, 2020.</p>","PeriodicalId":46751,"journal":{"name":"Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics","volume":"38 1","pages":"83 - 89"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143888539","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. N. Alekseeva, D. V. Fedorov, I. G. Yashchenko, I. V. Russkikh
{"title":"Simulation of Greenhouse Gas Content in the Atmosphere of Oil- and Gas-Producing Areas","authors":"M. N. Alekseeva, D. V. Fedorov, I. G. Yashchenko, I. V. Russkikh","doi":"10.1134/S1024856024701355","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1024856024701355","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The technology of preparing the chemical raw material or fuel from associated petroleum gas envisages combustion of associated gas in low-pressure flares, emitting into the atmosphere soot (C), nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>), carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>), and methane (CH<sub>4</sub>). To estimate the state of the atmosphere in the region of oil-gas production, a comprehensive approach is suggested to simulate the pollutant dispersal fields in the surface air layer from flare units on the territory of the Mamontovskoye field of the Nefteyugansk district of the KhMAO. This approach incorporates the simulation of pollutant (С, NO<sub>2</sub>, CO<sub>2</sub>, and CH<sub>4</sub>) concentrations using UPRZA Eco-Center software together with ground-based data (the content of organic compounds in soils) and satellite (AIRS) data (greenhouse gas concentrations). This approach enables comprehensive studies of the state of the natural environment in remote northern oil and gas producing areas on the basis of satellite and ground-based data.</p>","PeriodicalId":46751,"journal":{"name":"Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics","volume":"38 1","pages":"96 - 102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143888557","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}