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 …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling particulate nitrate in China: Current findings and future directions

X Xie, J Hu, M Qin, S Guo, M Hu, H Wang, S Lou… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Particulate nitrate (pNO 3) is now becoming the principal component of PM 2.5 during
severe winter haze episodes in many cities of China. To gain a comprehensive …

[HTML][HTML] Ground-level gaseous pollutants (NO, SO, and CO) in China: daily seamless mapping and spatiotemporal variations

J Wei, Z Li, J Wang, C Li, P Gupta… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Gaseous pollutants at the ground level seriously threaten the urban air quality environment
and public health. There are few estimates of gaseous pollutants that are spatially and …

Impact of Coronavirus Outbreak on NO2 Pollution Assessed Using TROPOMI and OMI Observations

M Bauwens, S Compernolle… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Spaceborne NO2 column observations from two high‐resolution instruments, Tropospheric
Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) on board Sentinel‐5 Precursor and Ozone Monitoring …

Ozone pollution in the North China Plain spreading into the late-winter haze season

K Li, DJ Jacob, H Liao, Y Qiu, L Shen… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Surface ozone is a severe air pollution problem in the North China Plain, which is home to
300 million people. Ozone concentrations are highest in summer, driven by fast …

[HTML][HTML] Increases in surface ozone pollution in China from 2013 to 2019: anthropogenic and meteorological influences

K Li, DJ Jacob, L Shen, X Lu… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Surface ozone data from the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) network
show sustained increases across the country over the 2013–2019 period. Despite Phase 2 …

The underappreciated role of agricultural soil nitrogen oxide emissions in ozone pollution regulation in North China

X Lu, X Ye, M Zhou, Y Zhao, H Weng, H Kong… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Intensive agricultural activities in the North China Plain (NCP) lead to substantial emissions
of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from soil, while the role of this source on local severe ozone …

NOx emission reduction and recovery during COVID-19 in East China

R Zhang, Y Zhang, H Lin, X Feng, TM Fu, Y Wang - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
Since its first confirmed case at the end of 2019, COVID-19 has become a global pandemic
in three months with more than 1.4 million confirmed cases worldwide, as of early April …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term trend of ozone pollution in China during 2014–2020: distinct seasonal and spatial characteristics and ozone sensitivity

W Wang, DD Parrish, S Wang, F Bao… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
In the past decade, ozone (O 3) pollution has become a severe environmental problem in
China's major cities. Here, based on available observational records, we investigated the …

Estimation of surface-level NO2 and O3 concentrations using TROPOMI data and machine learning over East Asia

Y Kang, H Choi, J Im, S Park, M Shin, CK Song… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract In East Asia, air quality has been recognized as an important public health problem.
In particular, the surface concentrations of air pollutants are closely related to human life …