[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 pandemic: What can we learn for better air quality and human health?

K Ravindra, T Singh, S Vardhan, A Shrivastava… - Journal of infection and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 lockdown resulted in improved air quality in many cities across the world.
With the objective of what could be the new learning from the COVID-19 pandemic and …

[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 …

Global fine-scale changes in ambient NO2 during COVID-19 lockdowns

MJ Cooper, RV Martin, MS Hammer, PF Levelt… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is an important contributor to air pollution and can adversely affect
human health,,,,,,,–. A decrease in NO2 concentrations has been reported as a result of …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on air quality—A global review

A Addas, A Maghrabi - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has emerged as a serious public health threat and
has had a tremendous impact on all spheres of the environment. The air quality across the …

Changes in global air pollutant emissions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A dataset for atmospheric chemistry modeling

T Doumbia, C Granier, N Elguindi… - Earth System …, 2021 - essd.copernicus.org
In order to fight the spread of the global COVID-19 pandemic, most of the world's countries
have taken control measures such as lockdowns during a few weeks to a few months. These …

Spatiotemporal neural network for estimating surface NO2 concentrations over north China and their human health impact

C Zhang, C Liu, B Li, F Zhao, C Zhao - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Atmospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) is an important reactive gas pollutant harmful to human
health. The spatiotemporal coverage provided by traditional NO 2 monitoring methods is …

Impacts of exposure to air pollution, radon and climate drivers on the COVID-19 pandemic in Bucharest, Romania: a time series study

MA Zoran, RS Savastru, DM Savastru… - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
During the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic disease, like several countries, Romania
experienced a multiwaves pattern over more than two years. The spreading pattern of SARS …

An improved understanding of NOx emissions in South Asian megacities using TROPOMI NO2 retrievals

B de Foy, JJ Schauer - Environmental Research Letters, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Identifying air pollutant emissions has played a key role in improving air quality and hence
the health of billions of people around the world. Central to this effort are the development of …

Diagnosing air quality changes in the UK during the COVID-19 lockdown using TROPOMI and GEOS-Chem

DA Potts, EA Marais, H Boesch, RJ Pope… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The dramatic and sudden reduction in anthropogenic activity due to lockdown measures in
the UK in response to the COVID-19 outbreak has resulted in a concerted effort to estimate …

COVID-19 pandemic and sudden rise in crop residue burning in India: issues and prospects for sustainable crop residue management

K Ravindra, T Singh, S Mor - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
The seasonal burning of crop residue significantly affects the environment, leading to poor
air quality over Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) in India. Hence, there have been significant efforts …