[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 …

Assessment of NO2 concentrations over industrial state Jharkhand, at the time frame of pre, concurrent, and post-COVID-19 lockdown along with the meteorological …

S Priya, J Iqbal - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
Burning of fossil fuels in the form of coal or gasoline in thermal power plants, industries, and
automobiles is a prime source of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a major air pollutant causing health …

Evaluating TROPOMI and MODIS performance to capture the dynamic of air pollution in São Paulo state: A case study during the COVID-19 outbreak

AP Rudke, JA Martins, R Hallak, LD Martins… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Atmospheric pollutant data retrieved through satellite sensors are continually used to assess
changes in air quality in the lower atmosphere. During the COVID-19 pandemic, several …

Modeling NO2 air pollution variation during and after COVID-19-regulation using principal component analysis of satellite imagery

KD Kovács, I Haidu - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract By implementing Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of multitemporal satellite
data, this paper presents modeling solutions for air pollutant variation in three scenarios …

Air quality improvement following COVID-19 lockdown measures and projected benefits for environmental health

YA Liou, TH Vo, KA Nguyen, JP Terry - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Many regions worldwide suffer from heavy air pollution caused by particulate matter (PM2.
5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), resulting in a huge annual disease burden and significant …

Tracking air quality trends and vehicle traffic dynamics at urban scale using satellite and ground data before and after the COVID-19 outbreak

D De Santis, S Amici, C Milesi, D Muroni… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The implications of the COVID-19 outbreak are subjected to an increasing number of
studies. So far, air quality trends related to the lockdown due to the pandemic have been …

Impact of the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown on NO2 and PM10 concentrations in Berlin, Germany

M Schatke, F Meier, B Schröder, S Weber - Atmospheric Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic due to the
rapid and worldwide spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. To prevent spread of the infection …

Impacts of strategic mobility restrictions policies during 2020 COVID-19 outbreak on Brazil's regional air quality

AP Rudke, DS de Almeida, RA Alves, A Beal… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2022 - Springer
With the unexpected arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries worldwide were forced to
take measures to curb its transmission. Mobility restrictions policies were the primary …

Temporal Variation of NO2 and O3 in Rome (Italy) from Pandora and In Situ Measurements

A Di Bernardino, G Mevi, AM Iannarelli, S Falasca… - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
To assess the best measures for the improvement of air quality, it is crucial to investigate in
situ and columnar pollution levels. In this study, ground-based measurements of nitrogen …

Atmospheric pollutants response to the emission reduction and meteorology during the COVID-19 lockdown in the north of Africa (Morocco)

SE Sbai, F Bentayeb, H Yin - Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk …, 2022 - Springer
Climate and air quality change due to COVID-19 lockdown (LCD) are extremely concerned
subjects of several research recently. The contribution of meteorological factors and …