Factors determining the diffusion of COVID-19 and suggested strategy to prevent future accelerated viral infectivity similar to COVID

M Coccia - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
This study has two goals. The first is to explain the geo-environmental determinants of the
accelerated diffusion of COVID-19 that is generating a high level of deaths. The second is to …

Enhanced secondary pollution offset reduction of primary emissions during COVID-19 lockdown in China

X Huang, A Ding, J Gao, B Zheng, D Zhou… - National Science …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
To control the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19), China imposed nationwide
restrictions on the movement of its population (lockdown) after the Chinese New Year of …

The response in air quality to the reduction of Chinese economic activities during the COVID‐19 outbreak

X Shi, GP Brasseur - Geophysical Research Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
During the COVID‐19 outbreak that took place in early 2020, the economic activities in
China were drastically reduced and accompanied by a strong reduction in the emission of …

Aerosol and boundary-layer interactions and impact on air quality

Z Li, J Guo, A Ding, H Liao, J Liu, Y Sun… - National Science …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Air quality is concerned with pollutants in both the gas phase and solid or liquid phases. The
latter are referred to as aerosols, which are multifaceted agents affecting air quality, weather …

Amplified transboundary transport of haze by aerosol–boundary layer interaction in China

X Huang, A Ding, Z Wang, K Ding, J Gao, F Chai… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Although air quality in China has substantially improved since 2013 as a consequence of
the clean air action, severe haze events still frequently strike megacities despite strict local …

Long-term observation of air pollution-weather/climate interactions at the SORPES station: a review and outlook

A Ding, W Nie, X Huang, X Chi, J Sun… - … Science & Engineering, 2016 - Springer
This work presents an overall introduction to the Station for Observing Regional Processes
of the Earth System–SORPES in Nanjing, East China, and gives an overview about main …

Enhanced haze pollution by black carbon in megacities in China

AJ Ding, X Huang, W Nie, JN Sun… - Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosol‐planetary boundary layer (PBL) interactions have been found to enhance air
pollution in megacities in China. We show that black carbon (BC) aerosols play the key role …

[HTML][HTML] Local and synoptic meteorological influences on daily variability in summertime surface ozone in eastern China

H Han, J Liu, L Shu, T Wang… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Ozone pollution in China is influenced by meteorological processes on multiple scales.
Using regression analysis and weather classification, we statistically assess the impacts of …

Impact of aerosol‐PBL interaction on haze pollution: Multiyear observational evidences in North China

X Huang, Z Wang, A Ding - Geophysical Research Letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric aerosols have been found to influence the development of planetary boundary
layer (PBL) and hence to enhance haze pollution in megacities. Previous works on aerosol …

PM 2.5 Pollution in China and How It Has Been Exacerbated by Terrain and Meteorological Conditions

X Wang, RE Dickinson, L Su, C Zhou… - Bulletin of the …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
The recent severe and frequent PM 2.5 (ie, fine particles smaller than 2.5 µ m) pollution in
China has aroused unprecedented public concern. The first two years of PM 2.5 …