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Changes in the Column Content and Vertical Distribution of NO2 According to the Results of 30-Year Measurements at the Zvenigorod Scientific Station of the A. M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences

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The results of an analysis of variations and linear trends in the column content and vertical distribution of NO2 are presented based on 30-year spectrometric measurements at Zvenigorod Scientific Station, A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, located in the western Moscow region. In particular, we derive seasonally dependent estimates of NO2 trends and relationships of NO2 with the quasi-biennial oscillation, the North Atlantic Oscillation, the El Niño–Southern Oscillation, and the 11-year cycle of solar activity.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The measurement data of the column content of NO2 and the NO2 content in the surface layer of the atmosphere are archived by the NDACC. The data of the F10.7 solar activity index are freely provided by the NOAA National Center for Environmental Information and Natural Resources, Canada. The data of the zonal velocity of equatorial stratospheric wind are prepared by the Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin). The Niño3.4 index is provided by the NOAA Physical Science Laboratory. The NAO index data are provided by the Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia. The data of the aerosol optical depth were prepared by the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

We are grateful to a reviewer and the member of the editorial board for helpful comments.

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 20-05-00274.

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Gruzdev, A.N., Elokhov, A.S. Changes in the Column Content and Vertical Distribution of NO2 According to the Results of 30-Year Measurements at the Zvenigorod Scientific Station of the A. M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 57, 91–103 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433821010084

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