Bishkek, Aug. 20, 26 /Kabar/. Kyrgyzstan is introducing a system for monitoring temperature inversions, specific weather conditions that affect the spread of pollutants in the atmosphere for the first time.
The Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision handed over advanced MТР-5 meteorological equipment to Kyrgyzhydromet under the World Bank-backed "Improving Air Quality in the Kyrgyz Republic" project to track atmospheric layers up to 1,000 meters high
A temperature inversion is a weather change where a layer of warm air sits on top of a layer of cooler air near the ground. As a result, smoke, dust, and other pollutants accumulate over the city rather than disperse upward. This can lead to deterioration in air quality.
With the new equipment, specialists will be able to regularly monitor such phenomena and more accurately determine the impact of weather conditions on air pollution levels.
The data obtained will enable a detailed analysis of the causes of increases or decreases in pollution levels and more informed decisions to improve air quality.
The ministry noted that this is the first time such a temperature inversion monitoring system has been implemented in Kyrgyzstan.
