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Atmospheric aerosols significantly affect human health and climate change. These particles have a strong impact on the energy balance in the Earth`s atmosphere. At the same time, intense aerosol contamination causes different diseases and decreases life quality. Therefore, many countries and cities already have systems and networks for monitoring air quality. The quantitative characteristics of aerosol influences still have not yet been determined properly in large cities of Ukraine and this work is devoted to this topic.
Particular matter (PM) is one of the most important air quality indicators. The collaboration of scientists from different Ukrainian institutes created four stations of AirVisual in early March 2020 in Kyiv. The last fifth station was installed in June 2020. AirVisual network allows for evaluating the level of PM2.5, PM10, and CO2 loads. The stations are located to cover the city territory as much as possible and every station is equipped with an AirVisual Pro sensor.
The AirVisual network provides information about air quality in Kyiv in real-time and these results are available online. Furthermore, the two and half years set of data is used for analyzing the changing in PM2.5, PM10, and CO2 concertation during this period. In addition, the AirVisual observations were compared with the Kyiv AERONET station data, including biomass burning in March – April 2020. This event indicated extraordinarily high PM2.5 aerosol contamination and low air quality for Kyiv city and the Kyiv region.
