[HTML][HTML] A global observational analysis to understand changes in air quality during exceptionally low anthropogenic emission conditions

RS Sokhi, V Singh, X Querol, S Finardi… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
This global study, which has been coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization
Global Atmospheric Watch (WMO/GAW) programme, aims to understand the behaviour of …

Air quality changes in cities during the COVID-19 lockdown: A critical review

MG Adam, PTM Tran, R Balasubramanian - Atmospheric Research, 2021 - Elsevier
In response to the rapid spread of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) within and across
countries and the need to protect public health, governments worldwide introduced …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in air quality in Mexico City, London and Delhi in response to various stages and levels of lockdowns and easing of restrictions during COVID-19 …

E Vega, A Namdeo, L Bramwell… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The impacts of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions have provided a valuable global experiment
into the extent of improvements in air quality possible with reductions in vehicle movements …

Impact of lockdown on air quality over major cities across the globe during COVID-19 pandemic

P Kumari, D Toshniwal - Urban climate, 2020 - Elsevier
In present study, the variation in concentration of key air pollutants such as PM 2.5, PM 10,
NO 2, SO 2 and O 3 during the pre-lockdown and post-lockdown phase has been …

Lockdown caused by COVID-19 pandemic reduces air pollution in cities worldwide

AM Shrestha, UB Shrestha, R Sharma, S Bhattarai… - 2020 - eartharxiv.org
Drastic measures such as lockdown taken by countries worldwide to contain spread of
COVID-19 have influenced air pollution dynamics substantially, at a planetary scale. Several …

2020 COVID-19 lockdown and the impacts on air quality with emphasis on urban, suburban and rural zones

K Slezakova, MC Pereira - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Air quality improvements pollution changes due to COVID-19 restrictions have been
reported for many urban developments and large metropolitan areas, but the respective …

The global impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on urban air pollution: A critical review and recommendations

GI Gkatzelis, JB Gilman, SS Brown, H Eskes… - Elem Sci …, 2021 - online.ucpress.edu
The coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic led to government interventions to limit the
spread of the disease which are unprecedented in recent history; for example, stay at home …

Global, continental, and national variation in PM2. 5, O3, and NO2 concentrations during the early 2020 COVID-19 lockdown

C He, S Hong, L Zhang, H Mu, A Xin, Y Zhou… - Atmospheric pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lockdowns implemented in response to COVID-19 have caused an unprecedented
reduction in global economic and transport activity. In this study, variation in the …

Unprecedented temporary reduction in global air pollution associated with COVID-19 forced confinement: a continental and city scale analysis

Z Zhang, A Arshad, C Zhang, S Hussain, W Li - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Shortly after the outbreak of the novel infectious disease (COVID-19) started at the end of
2019, it turned into a global pandemic, which caused the lockdown of many countries across …

Surface and satellite observations of air pollution in India during COVID-19 lockdown: Implication to air quality

Y Sathe, P Gupta, M Bawase, L Lamsal… - Sustainable cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The strict nationwide lockdown imposed in India starting from 25 th March 2020 to prevent
the spread of COVID-19 disease reduced the mobility and interrupted several important …