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 …

Short-Lived Climate Forcers (Chapter 6)

S Szopa, V Naik, B Adhikary, P Artaxo, T Berntsen… - 2021 - cambridge.org
Short‑lived climate forcers (SLCFs) affect climate and are, in most cases, also air pollutants.
They include aerosols (sulphate, nitrate, ammonium, carbonaceous aerosols, mineral dust …

[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 …

Haze risk assessment based on improved PCA-MEE and ISPO-LightGBM model

H Dai, G Huang, H Zeng, R Yu - Systems, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the economic development in China, haze risks are frequent. It is important to study the
urban haze risk assessment to manage the haze disaster. The haze risk assessment …

[HTML][HTML] Variation in chemical composition and sources of PM2. 5 during the COVID-19 lockdown in Delhi

C Manchanda, M Kumar, V Singh, M Faisal… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Government of India (GOI) announced a nationwide lockdown starting 25th
March 2020 to contain the spread of COVID-19, leading to an unprecedented decline in …

[HTML][HTML] IResponse: An AI and IoT-enabled framework for autonomous COVID-19 pandemic management

F Alam, A Almaghthawi, I Katib, A Albeshri… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
SARS-CoV-2, a tiny virus, is severely affecting the social, economic, and environmental
sustainability of our planet, causing infections and deaths (2,674,151 deaths, as of 17 March …

The concentration of major air pollutants during the movement control order due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Klang Valley, Malaysia

MT Latif, D Dominick, NSSL Hawari, AAA Mohtar… - Sustainable cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic forced many governments across the world to implement some
form of lockdown to minimalize the spread of the virus. On 18th March 2020, the Malaysian …

Assessing the COVID‐19 impact on air quality: A machine learning approach

Y Rybarczyk, R Zalakeviciute - Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The worldwide research initiatives on Corona Virus disease 2019 lockdown effect on air
quality agree on pollution reduction, but the most reliable method to pollution reduction …

[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 …

Variations in Black Carbon concentration and sources during COVID-19 lockdown in Delhi

V Goel, N Hazarika, M Kumar, V Singh, NM Thamban… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
A nationwide lockdown was imposed in India due to COVID-19 pandemic in five phases
from 25th March to May 31, 2020. The lockdown restricted major anthropogenic activities …