Assessing air quality deterioration by snowcover redox potential
https://doi.org/10.25789/YMJ.2019.65.21
Abstract
The article considers the opportunity to get a qualitative picture of the oxygen concentration in the winter atmospheric air of northern cities in terms of the redox potential of snow cover. Lower snowcover Eh values within the city suggest oxygen depletion in the air. Estimation of anthropogenic pollution based on negative redox potential anomalies in snowcover provides an additional means of assessing the winter air quality in the urban areas.
About the Author
V. N. Makarov
Melnikov Permafrost Institute SB RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Makarov Vladimir Nikolaevich, Dr. Sc. (Geol. & Miner.), Professor, Principal Research Scientist, Laboratory of Permafrost Groundwater and Geochemistry
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Makarov V.N. Assessing air quality deterioration by snowcover redox potential. Yakut Medical Journal. 2019;(1):67-70. https://doi.org/10.25789/YMJ.2019.65.21
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