Ozone content over the Russian Federation in the third quarter of 2008

Abstract

The review is compiled based on the results of the operation of the Total Ozone (TO) Monitoring System in the CIS and Baltic countries, functioning in the operational regime at the Central Aerological Observatory (CAO). The monitoring system uses the data obtained from the national network of filter ozonometers, M-124 type, which is under methodological supervision of the Main Geophysical Observatory; proper operation of the system is under operational control based on observations obtained from the OMI satellite equipment (U.S. NASA). The basic TO observation data for each month of the third quarter of 2008 and for a whole quarter are generalized. Results of regular surface ozone observations, carried out by the CAO in the Moscow park zone that largely characterize the air quality in the surface layer of the Moscow region in a warm season are also considered.

Statistical analysis and comparison of external factor effects on the total ozone field over the Russian territory in 1973–2007

“…Monthly averaging of daily measurements at the regional stations allows obtaining continuous data series including the northern stations, where performing measurements is difficult, especially in winter. The data review and estimate of data quality are published quarterly [2][3][4][5][6][7].…”

“…The main attention is paid to "semi-global" data at different latitudes; often these are zonally averaged results of ozone sounding at individual stations covering short periods of time, measurements conducted in particular expeditions and regions, and, finally, results of the reanalysis and use of different transport-photochemical models [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29].…”

Ozone content over the Russian Federation in 2008

“…The main results of the TO observations in the first to third quarters of 2008 were described earlier [2,3,5]. When compiling TO maps, the observational data at the network station of Kiev, which were regularly overestimated throughout the year compared to the TO field (composed from the data of other stations and OMI data), were replaced by the data from the UkrNIGMI station, 30 km away from the Kiev station.…”

Ozone content over the Russian Federation in the third quarter of 2011

“…The long-term mean TO values over Russia and adjoining areas for 1974-1984 were presented in [1]. In the present review, for compiling TO maps the observations of the Kiev network station were replaced by the data of the UkrNIGMI station situated 30 km away from the Kiev station.…”