Variations of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere during the atmospheric blocking event over European Russia in summer of 2010 (according to AIRS data)
S.A. Sitnov1, I.I. Mokhov1,2, A.V. Dzhola1
1A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyzhevsky per., 3, 119017, Moscow, Russia 2Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russia
Keywords: монооксид углерода, СО, атмосферное блокирование, природные пожары, европейская территория России, лето 2010 г, наземные спектрометрические измерения СО, carbon monoxide, atmospheric blocking, wildfires, European Russia, summer 2010, AIRS, ground-based spectrometer CO measurements
Abstract
The spatiotemporal variability of carbon monoxide (CO) during the atmospheric blocking event over European Russia in summer of 2010 is studied using the CO measurements from satellite Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument. Total column CO data from AIRS are compared with those from the ground-based spectrometer operated at Zvenigorod Scientific Station of A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics. The peculiarities of CO field evolution conditioned by the regional atmospheric circulation associated with the omega block in the presence of severe wildfires are revealed.
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