Geophysical processes and biosphere: article

AIR TEMPERATURE AND BLACK CARBON CONCENTRATION IN THE SURFACE ATMOSPHERE NEAR TIKSI, YAKUTIYA
A.A. VINOGRADOVA1
T.B. TITKOVA2
1 Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
2 Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences
Journal: Geophysical processes and biosphere
Tome: 18
Number: 4
Year: 2019
Pages: 7-13
UDK: 551.524.35; 551.510.42; 551.510.411.35
DOI: 10.21455/GPB2019.4-1
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Keywords: atmosphere, Arctic, Tiksi, black carbon, air temperature, temporal variations, climatic effect
Аnnotation: Temporal variations of black carbon (BC) concentration and air temperature measured in the surface atmosphere in the Hydrometeorological Observatory Tiksi (Yakutia) in May-September, 2012-2018 were analyzed. Noticeable excesses in daily air temperature during the longest (1-2 days) episodes of abnormally high BC concentration (greater than 1000 ng/m3) in comparison with the days out of these episodes were registered during the warmest months (July and August). These effects are up to 10-11 degrees (where as the average temperature for these two months is about 9 °C). However, the presence of one or two synchronous episodes of abnormally high values of both parameters within a month changes monthly air temperature by only 0.4-0.7 °C (to be within the standard deviation of inter-annual variations) and may hardly produce significant climatic effect in the region.