Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on air pollution in Chinese megacities from the perspective of traffic volume and meteorological factors

C Gao, S Li, M Liu, F Zhang, V Achal, Y Tu… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract During 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a widespread lockdown in many
cities in China. In this study, we assessed the impact of changes in human activities on air …

[PDF][PDF] Influence of COVID-19 event on air quality and their association in Mainland China

QX Chen, CL Huang, Y Yuan, HP Tan - Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2020 - aaqr.org
The outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has hugely impacted the world and
becomes a global public threat. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, human activities are …

Four-month changes in air quality during and after the COVID-19 lockdown in six megacities in China

Y Wang, Y Wen, Y Wang, S Zhang… - … & Technology Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) resulted in a stringent lockdown in
China to reduce the infection rate. We adopted a machine learning technique to analyze the …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of the COVID-19 event on air quality in central China

K Xu, K Cui, LH Young, YK Hsieh, YF Wang… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2020 - aaqr.org
ABSTRACT In early 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic spread globally. This study investigated
the air quality of three cities in Hubei Province, Wuhan, Jingmen, and Enshi, central China …

COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan: Ambient air quality and the relationships between criteria air pollutants and meteorological variables before, during, and after …

ID Sulaymon, Y Zhang, PK Hopke, Y Zhang, J Hua… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
As a result of the lockdown (LD) control measures enacted to curtail the COVID-19
pandemic in Wuhan, almost all non-essential human activities were halted beginning on …

Air quality characteristics in Wuhan (China) during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

C Jiaxin, H Hui, W Feifei, Z Mi, Z Ting, Y Shicheng… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding the relationship between air quality, pollution emission control measures,
and meteorological conditions is important for developing effective air quality improvement …

Impact of city lockdown on the air quality of COVID-19-hit of Wuhan city

X Lian, J Huang, R Huang, C Liu, L Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
A series of strict lockdown measures were implemented in the areas of China worst affected
by coronavirus disease 19, including Wuhan, to prevent the disease spreading. The …

Spatiotemporal variations and reduction of air pollutants during the COVID-19 pandemic in a megacity of Yangtze River Delta in China

Q Yuan, B Qi, D Hu, J Wang, J Zhang, H Yang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent decades, air pollution has become an important environmental problem in the
megacities of eastern China. How to control air pollution in megacities is still a challenging …

Changes in air quality related to the control of coronavirus in China: Implications for traffic and industrial emissions

Y Wang, Y Yuan, Q Wang, CG Liu, Q Zhi… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Measures taken to control the disease (Covid-19) caused by the novel coronavirus
dramatically reduced the number of vehicles on the road and diminished factory production …

[HTML][HTML] Air quality index, indicatory air pollutants and impact of COVID-19 event on the air quality near central China

K Xu, K Cui, LH Young, YF Wang, YK Hsieh… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2020 - aaqr.org
Both the air quality index (AQI) and indicatory air pollutants of Anqing, Hefei, and Suzhou
near central China from 2017 to 2019, and the impact of COVID-19 epidemic prevention and …