The study of ground-level ozone in Kiev and its impact on public health

TL;DR

This study models and analyzes ground-level ozone concentrations in Kiev, combining observational data, satellite profiles, and statistical methods to assess its impact on public respiratory health from 2000 to 2008.

Contribution

It integrates ground-based, satellite, and statistical analyses to evaluate ozone pollution and its health effects in Kiev, providing a comprehensive multi-source approach.

Findings

High ozone episodes in August 2000 were simulated with UAM-V.

Satellite data from Aura-OMI helped estimate ground-level ozone in Ukraine.

Statistical analysis linked ozone levels to respiratory health trends.

Abstract

Ground-level ozone in Kiev for an episode of its high concentration in August 2000 was simulated with the model of the urban air pollution UAM-V (Urban Airshed Model). The study of total ozone over Kiev and its concentration changes with height in the troposphere is made on the basis of ground-based observations with the infrared Fourier spectrometer at the Main Astronomical Observatory of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine as a part of the ESA-NIVR-KNMI no 2907. In 2008 the satellite Aura-OMI data OMO3PR on the atmosphere ozone profiles became available. Beginning in 2005, these data include the ozone concentration in the lower layer of the atmosphere and can be used for the evaluation of the ground-level ozone concentrations in all cities of Ukraine. Some statistical investigation of ozone air pollution in Kiev and medical statistics data on respiratory system was carried out with the application of the "Statistica" package. The regression analysis, prognostic regression simulation, and retrospective prognosis of the epidemiological situation with respect to respiratory system pathologies in Kiev during 2000-2007 were performed.