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Fractionation of ground-level aerosol from IR radiation of snow surface: observations in the Tomsk region
- Authors: Tentyukov M.P.1,2, Timushev D.A.3, Simonenkov D.V.1, Belan B.D.1, Shukurov K.A.4, Kozlov A.V.1, Yazikov E.G.5, Buchelnikov V.S.5, Yakovlev A.A.2
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Affiliations:
- V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics SB RAS
- Pitirim Sorokin Syktyvkar State University
- Physics and Mathematics Institute, FRC Komi SС UВ RAS
- A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics RAS
- National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University
- Issue: Vol 65, No 2 (2025)
- Pages: 234-254
- Section: Snow cover and avalanches
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2076-6734/article/view/324827
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S2076673425020048
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/fppxlm
- ID: 324827
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Abstract
The article analyzes the results of measurements of the aerosol count concentration in the surface air in the range from 0.3 to 20.0 μm in 15 intervals. The measurements were carried out using a Grimm 1.108 aerosol spectrometer installed at the Fonovaya observatory (IAO SB RAS, Tomsk). The calculation of the statistical parameters of the distribution of surface aerosol fractions was carried out using a sample compiled on the basis of a continuous series of measurements within the time interval from 11/17/2022 to 01/30/2023. The sample size was 1799 hourly observations. A service program was written to work with the sample, as well as to visualize the calculations. The features of the effect of photophoretic forces on the average daily dynamics of the fractional distribution of aerosol particles in the surface layer were assessed in conjunction with the analysis of reverse trajectories of transport of moisture-bearing air masses and taking into account the time intervals of snow accumulation at the Fonovaya observatory in the first half of winter 2022/23. A certain relationship was established between the increase in the number concentration of particles in the range of 0.3–2.0 μm and the effect of photophoretic forces in different phases of snow cover growth associated with the fall of stratigraphically significant snowfalls. It is postulated and proven that the cause of this phenomenon is the levitation of particles in the field of infrared radiation leaving the surface of the snow, caused by the action of “snow” photophoresis. Obviously, this circumstance should be taken into account when constructing transport models of vertical transport of aerosols in the lower troposphere. In addition, “snow” photophoresis during breaks between snowfalls and during anticyclonic weather conditions can be considered as one of the potentially significant mechanisms for increasing the concentration of pollutants on the snow surface and in the ground air.
About the authors
M. P. Tentyukov
V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics SB RAS; Pitirim Sorokin Syktyvkar State University
Email: tentukov@yandex.ru
Tomsk, Russia; Syktyvkar, Russia
D. A. Timushev
Physics and Mathematics Institute, FRC Komi SС UВ RAS
Email: tentukov@yandex.ru
Syktyvkar, Russia
D. V. Simonenkov
V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics SB RAS
Email: tentukov@yandex.ru
Tomsk, Russia
B. D. Belan
V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics SB RAS
Email: tentukov@yandex.ru
Tomsk, Russia
K. A. Shukurov
A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics RAS
Email: tentukov@yandex.ru
Moscow, Russia
A. V. Kozlov
V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics SB RAS
Email: tentukov@yandex.ru
Tomsk, Russia
E. G. Yazikov
National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University
Email: tentukov@yandex.ru
Tomsk, Russia
V. S. Buchelnikov
National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University
Email: tentukov@yandex.ru
Tomsk, Russia
A. A. Yakovlev
Pitirim Sorokin Syktyvkar State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: tentukov@yandex.ru
Syktyvkar, Russia
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