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Sources of and variations in tropospheric CO in Central Siberia: Numerical experiments and observations at the Zotino Tall Tower Observatory

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Contributions of climatically significant natural and anthropogenic emission sources in northern Eurasia to seasonal carbon monoxide (CO) variations observed at the Zotino Tall Tower Observatory (ZOTTO) in Central Siberia in 2007–2011 have quantitatively been estimated using the GEOS-Chem chemical transport model. It is shown that the formation of a stable continental pollution plume from sources in Western Europe, European Russia and southern Siberia during winter plays an important role in the regional balance of surface CO and allows one to explain 55–80% of the amplitude of the CO annual cycle observed at the ZOTTO station (~70–90 ppbv). During the warm period, the effect of the anthropogenic factor is weakly pronounced, and the background concentration of CO is regulated, first and foremost, by the oxidation of biogenic volatile organic compounds and fire activity in the region.

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    Yu. A. Shtabkin, K. B. Moiseenko, A. I. Skorokhod & A. V. Vasileva

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Original Russian Text © Yu.A. Shtabkin, K.B. Moiseenko, A.I. Skorokhod, A.V. Vasileva, M. Heimann, 2016, published in Izvestiya AN. Fizika Atmosfery i Okeana, 2016, Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 51–63.

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Shtabkin, Y.A., Moiseenko, K.B., Skorokhod, A.I. et al. Sources of and variations in tropospheric CO in Central Siberia: Numerical experiments and observations at the Zotino Tall Tower Observatory. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 52, 45–56 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433816010096

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