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Study of Aerosol Nano- and Submicron Particle Compositions in the Atmosphere of Lake Baikal During Natural Fire Events and Their Interaction with Water Surface

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In 1996, Lake Baikal was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It contains nearly 25% of the world’s fresh surface water. In recent years, anthropogenic impacts on the ecosystem of Lake Baikal have been increasing due to the development of industry in the region, expansion of the tourist infrastructure, and recreational areas of the coastal zone of the lake. In addition, an increase in the frequency of forest fires has already led to irreversible destructive processes in some areas of the lake. This project investigates the behavior of anthropogenic and natural atmospheric aerosols during forest fires that swept large areas of Siberia and their potential transportation onto Lake Baikal surface. It was found that quite substantial nano-size and submicron aerosol fluxes could reach the water surface and alter ecosystem of the lake. Such outcome is especially important as the amount of pollutants transported through the air–water interface during bush fire events is almost one order of magnitude higher as compared to the fire free scenario.

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Acknowledgements

Access to unique equipment belonging to Collective Use Center “Atmosphere” (numerous meteorological stations, lidar, etc.), Institute of Atmospheric Optics, SB RAS, Tomsk, Russia, is gratefully acknowledged.

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This work was financially supported by the Russian Science Foundation (RSF) project No. 19 -77–20058.

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  1. Limnological Institute SB RAS, 3 Ulan-Batorskaya Str, Irkutsk, 664033, Russian Federation

    Tamara V. Khodzher, Vladimir L. Potemkin & Irina I. Marinaite

  2. National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, 31 Kashirskoe hwy, Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation

    Valery A. Zagaynov, Vladislav D. Chausov & Vladimir V. Maksimenko

  3. Geophysical Center of RAS, 3 Molodozhnaya Str., Moscow, 119296, Russian Federation

    Alex A. Lushnikov

  4. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics RAS, 4 Kosygin Str., Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation

    Vladislav D. Chausov

  5. Institute of Physical Materials Science SB RAS, 6 Sakh’yanovoy Str., Ulan-Ude, 670047, Russian Federation

    Galina S. Zhamsueva, Alexander S. Zayakhanov & Vadim V. Tsydypov

  6. School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, 4111 QLD, Australia

    Igor E. Agranovski

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TVK: conceptualization, formal analysis, funding acquisition, methodology, project administration; VAZ: conceptualization, formal analysis, investigation, methodology, modeling, writing—original draft; AAL: formal analysis, writing—review and editing, VDC: data acquisition, investigation, discussions, writing parts of the original draft; GSZ: data acquisition, discussions, formal analysis of local meteorological data, investigation; ASZ: data acquisition, data acquisition from local Burao of Meteorology, investigation, discussions; VVT: data acquisition, validation, formal analysis, VLP: data acquisition, formal analysis; IIM: data acquisition, formal analysis, investigation; VVM: data analysis, modeling; IEA: formal analysis, investigation, validation, writing—review and editing.

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Khodzher, T.V., Zagaynov, V.A., Lushnikov, A.A. et al. Study of Aerosol Nano- and Submicron Particle Compositions in the Atmosphere of Lake Baikal During Natural Fire Events and Their Interaction with Water Surface. Water Air Soil Pollut 232, 266 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-021-05237-6

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