Air quality changes in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic

S Zangari, DT Hill, AT Charette, JE Mirowsky - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
In December 2019, a new, severe coronavirus (COVID-19) appeared in Wuhan, China.
Shortly after, the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in the United States. The emergence of …

Changes in US air pollution during the COVID-19 pandemic

JD Berman, K Ebisu - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 global pandemic has likely affected air quality due to extreme changes in
human behavior. We assessed air quality during the COVID-19 pandemic for fine particulate …

Spatiotemporal impacts of COVID-19 on air pollution in California, USA

Q Liu, JT Harris, LS Chiu, D Sun, PR Houser… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Various recent studies have shown that societal efforts to mitigate (eg “lockdown”) the
outbreak of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused non-negligible impacts on the …

Air quality changes in cities during the COVID-19 lockdown: A critical review

MG Adam, PTM Tran, R Balasubramanian - Atmospheric Research, 2021 - Elsevier
In response to the rapid spread of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) within and across
countries and the need to protect public health, governments worldwide introduced …

Impacts of modifiable factors on ambient air pollution: A case study of COVID-19 shutdowns

R Tanzer-Gruener, J Li, SR Eilenberg… - … & Technology Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
COVID-19-related closures offered a novel opportunity to observe and quantify the impact of
activity levels of modifiable factors on ambient air pollution in real time. We use data from a …

Changes in criteria air pollution levels in the US before, during, and after Covid-19 stay-at-home orders: Evidence from regulatory monitors

B Bekbulat, JS Apte, DB Millet, AL Robinson… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The widespread and rapid social and economic changes from Covid-19 response might be
expected to dramatically improve air quality. However, national monitoring data from the US …

[HTML][HTML] Potential health benefits of sustained air quality improvements in New York City: a simulation based on air pollution levels during the COVID-19 shutdown

F Perera, A Berberian, D Cooley, E Shenaut… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract New York City (NYC) experienced a sharp decline in air pollution during the COVID-
19 shutdown period (March 15, 2020 to May 15, 2020)—albeit at high social and economic …

Nonuniform impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on air quality over the United States

LWA Chen, LC Chien, Y Li, G Lin - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Most of the state governments in United States (US) issued lockdown or business
restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, which created a unique …

Air pollution in Ontario, Canada during the COVID-19 State of Emergency

MD Adams - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
In March of 2020, the province of Ontario declared a State of Emergency (SOE) to reduce the
spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes …

Impacts of the COVID-19 responses on traffic-related air pollution in a Northwestern US city

J Xiang, E Austin, T Gould, T Larson, J Shirai… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study evaluates the COVID-19 impacts on traffic-related air pollution, including ultrafine
particles (UFPs), PM 2.5, black carbon (BC), NO, NO 2, NO x, and CO in a Northwestern US …