BLACK CARBON CONCENTRATION IN near surface Atmoshere
IN the PECHORA-ILYCH natural RESERVE: MEASUREMENTS
AND MERRA-2 REANALYSIS


© 2020 A.A. Vinogradova1*, V.M. Kopeikin1, A.V. Vasilyeva1, N.S. Smirnov2,
Yu.A. Ivanova1


1 A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

2 Pechora-Ilych State Natural Biosphere Reserve, vil. Yaksha, Komi Republic, Russia

*e-mail: anvinograd@yandex.ru


Abstract. Black carbon (BC) concentration measured in near surface air on the remote from sources territory of the Pechora-Ilych State Natural Biosphere Reserve, located on the western side of the Northern Ural mountains is presented for two years (December 2017 – November 2019). The temporal variations in BC concentration through a year and the location of its main sources are analyzed. The average values for two cold and two warm half-years were 128 and 62 ng/m3, respectively. The measured BC concentration in near surface atmosphere was compared with MERRA-2 reanalysis data. On monthly scale, the anomalous increase in BC concentration during short-term smoke aerosol transport across the observation area is more clearly revealed from the reanalysis data, rather than by measured values at a single point. Daily monitoring allows us to detect the specific dates of such situations.


Keywords: near surface atmosphere, black carbon, Pechora-Ilych Natural Reserve, MERRA-2 reanalysis.


About the authors


VINOGRADOVA Anna Alexandrovna – A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics,
Russian Academy of Sciences. Russia, 119017, Moscow, Pyzhevsky lane, 3. E-mail: anvinograd@yandex.ru

KOPEIKIN Vladimir Mikhailovich – A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences. Russia, 119017, Moscow, Pyzhevsky lane, 3. E-mail: kopeikin@ifaran.ru

VASILYEVA Anastasiya Vasilievna – A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences. Russia, 119017, Moscow, Pyzhevsky lane, 3. E-mail: av@ifaran.ru

SMIRNOV Nikolay Sergeevich – Pechora-Ilych State Natural Biosphere Reserve. Russia, 169436, Komi Republic, Troitsko-Pechorsky district, vil. Yaksha, Laninoy st., 8. E-mail: niksersmirnov@gmail.com

IVANOVA Yuliya Alexeevna – A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences. Russia, 119017, Moscow, Pyzhevsky lane, 3. E-mail: ulia_sml@mail.ru


Cite this article as: Vinogradova A.A., Kopeikin V.M., Vasilyeva A.V., Smirnov N.S., Ivanova Yu.A. Black carbon concentration in near surface atmoshere in the Pechora-Ilych nature reserve: Measurements and MERRA-2 reanalysis, Geofizicheskie Protsessy i Biosfera (Geophysical Processes and Biosphere), 2020, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 5–15 (in Russian). https://doi.org/10.21455/gpb2020.3-1

English version: Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 2020, vol. 56, iss. 10. ISSN: 0001-4338 (Print), 1555-628X (Online). https://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/11485