Pollution Sources and Air Quality in the Moscow Region
https://doi.org/10.31857/S2587-556620192109-116
Abstract
The paper analyzes the data from Roshydromet air pollution monitoring network in cities of the Moscow region, as well as the official Rosstat data on air pollution emissions from stationary sources and vehicles in Moscow and Moscow region over a 10-year period (since 2007), along with data from Roshydromet soil contamination monitoring network by heavy metals along federal routes in Moscow region for the period 2009-2016. Analysis showed that despite the closure of some industrial plants or moving some of them from Moscow to the Moscow region, the air quality in Moscow remained virtually unchanged for the last 10 years. The high traffic load and the density of the road network have led to the fact that most of the Moscow region has a double excess over the background values of pollutants, especially by heavy metals. The paper also presents trends and spatial variability of air quality in the region under study.
Keywords
dispersion of pollutants in the atmosphere,
air pollutant emissions,
air quality in cities and along federal highways,
soil contamination
Supporting agencies: Theme no. 0148-2018-0006 (0148-2014-0005) “Solving fundamental problems of analysis and prediction of the Earth’s climatic system state” (Reg. no. 012001352499)
About the Authors
G. M. Chernogaeva
Yu.A. Izrael Institute of Global Climate and Ecology; Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Moscow
E. A. Zhadanovskaya
Yu.A. Izrael Institute of Global Climate and Ecology
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Moscow
Yu. A. Malevanov
Yu.A. Izrael Institute of Global Climate and Ecology
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Moscow
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- In 2007–2016 the air quality was unsatisfactory in some parts of Moscow and in most of the Moscow region.
- The main sources of air pollution in Moscow are vehicles and housing utilities; in the Moscow region the sources are vehicles and industrial facilities with insufficient control of pollutant emissions.
- About 60% of the regional territory is chronically polluted with toxicants of industrial and transport origin.
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Chernogaeva G.M., Zhadanovskaya E.A., Malevanov Yu.A. Pollution Sources and Air Quality in the Moscow Region. Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2019;(2):109-116. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31857/S2587-556620192109-116
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