Air quality during and after festivals: Aerosol concentrations, composition and health effects

A Singh, P Pant, FD Pope - Atmospheric Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Ambient particulate matter (PM) continues to be among the top environmental health
concerns globally; in 2017, nearly 3 million deaths were attributed to exposure to PM 2.5 …

The impact of the control measures during the COVID-19 outbreak on air pollution in China

C Fan, Y Li, J Guang, Z Li, A Elnashar, M Allam… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus in Wuhan, China, in January 2020 just before the Spring
Festival and subsequent country-wide measures to contain the virus, effectively resulted in …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of quarantine measures on chemical compositions of PM2. 5 during the COVID-19 epidemic in Shanghai, China

H Chen, J Huo, Q Fu, Y Duan, H Xiao, J Chen - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 epidemic broke out in Wuhan, Hubei in December 2019 and in January 2020
and was later transmitted to the entire country. Quarantine measures during Chinese New …

Introductory lecture: air quality in megacities

LT Molina - Faraday discussions, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Urbanization is an ongoing global phenomenon as more and more people are moving from
rural to urban areas for better employment opportunities and a higher standard of living …

Non-negligible impacts of clean air regulations on the reduction of tropospheric NO2 over East China during the COVID-19 pandemic observed by OMI and TROPOMI

G Huang, K Sun - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
We study the variation of tropospheric NO 2 vertical column densities (TropNO 2 VCDs) over
East China during the 2005–2020 lunar new year (LNY) holiday seasons to understand …

First high-resolution emission inventory of levoglucosan for biomass burning and non-biomass burning sources in China

J Wu, S Kong, X Zeng, Y Cheng, Q Yan… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Levoglucosan (LG) emitted from non-biomass burning (non-BB) sources has given rise to
biased or even unreasonable source identification results when adopting LG as a distinct …

Heterogeneity and threshold effects of environmental regulation on health expenditure: Considering the mediating role of environmental pollution

W Lu, H Wu, S Geng - Journal of Environmental Management, 2021 - Elsevier
A comprehensive understanding of the heterogeneity and threshold effects of environmental
regulation on health expenditure is essential for policy design and decision-making. This …

Toxicity of particles emitted by fireworks

C Hickey, C Gordon, K Galdanes, M Blaustein… - Particle and fibre …, 2020 - Springer
Background Particle matter (PM) has been associated with increased morbidity and mortality
rates across the world. This study was designed to test the hypotheses that pyrotechnic …

Ground-Based MAX-DOAS Observations of Tropospheric NO2 and HCHO During COVID-19 Lockdown and Spring Festival Over Shanghai, China

A Tanvir, Z Javed, Z Jian, S Zhang, M Bilal, R Xue… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Reduced mobility and less anthropogenic activity under special case circumstances over
various parts of the world have pronounced effects on air quality. The objective of this study …

Impacts of winter heating on the atmospheric pollution of northern China's prefectural cities: evidence from a regression discontinuity design

H Cai, Y Nan, Y Zhao, W Jiao, K Pan - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
The notorious atmospheric pollution during winter in vast northern Chinese cities has
attracted increasing attentions, and studies from the perspective of winter heating are very …