OPTIKA ATMOSFERY I OKEANA JOURNAL
V.E. ZUEV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS
Vol. 13, issue 06-07, article # 12
pdf Arshinov M. Yu., Belan B. D., Kovalevskii V. K., Plotnikov A. P., Sklyadneva T. K., Tolmachev G. N. Long-term variability of tropospheric aerosol over Western Siberia. // Atmospheric and oceanic optics. 2000. V. 13. No. 06-07. P. 580-583.Copy the reference to clipboard
Abstract:
Based on airborne sensing of aerosol carried out in the 80's and ground-based measurements of aerosol number density made in the 90's, we have found that the long-term behavior of the aerosol number density follows the 11-year cycle of solar activity with a two-year lag. The maximum and minimum number densities can differ as much as 10 times, what casts some doubt on the estimate of an anthropogenic contribution to the general aerosol balance. Based on our findings, we have predicted the behavior of the aerosol number density for the period from 2000 to 2003.