Changes in Air Quality and Drivers for the Heavy PM2.5 Pollution on the North China Plain Pre- to Post-COVID-19

S Liu, X Yang, F Duan, W Zhao - International Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Under the clean air action plans and the lockdown to constrain the coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19), the air quality improved significantly. However, fine particulate matter …

Temporal-spatial distribution characteristics, source, and environmental indication of snowfall DOM from 2021 to 2023 using spectroscopy and backward trajectory …

Y Di, Y Zhao, C Wu, S Zhou - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Snowfall dissolved organic matter (DOM) plays an important role in the carbon cycle at the
land-atmosphere interface. The distribution characteristics and sources of snowfall DOM in …

Ozone pollution in London and Edinburgh: spatiotemporal characteristics, trends, transport and the impact of COVID-19 control measures

C Tudor - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Air pollution remains the most serious environmental health issue in the United Kingdom
while also carrying non-trivial economic costs. The COVID-19 lockdown periods reduced …

Analysis of air pollution characteristics, transport pathways and potential source areas identification in Beijing before, during and after the COVID-19 outbreak

H Zhang, X Wang, X Shen, X Li, B Wu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A series of lockdown measures in response to the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
outbreak resulted in a drop in anthropogenic emissions and changes in concentrations of …

Quantifying effects of long-range transport of NO over Delhi using back trajectories and satellite data

AM Graham, RJ Pope, MP Chipperfield… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
Exposure to air pollution is a leading public health risk factor in India, especially over
densely populated Delhi and the surrounding Indo-Gangetic Plain. During the post …

Potential source contribution function coupled with mass spectrometry detection to identify source of atmospheric polyethylene terephthalate

H Yang, J Zhang, Z Li, J Pu, C Peng, C Liu… - Environmental Pollution, 2025 - Elsevier
Source identification of atmospheric microplastics (MPs) is crucial for the development of
mitigation policies. Compared with wind directions or backward trajectories of air masses …

Decade-low aerosol levels over the Bohai and Yellow Seas amid the COVID-19 lockdown

T Cui, S Qing, T Wei, B Mu, Y Xiao, Y Chen… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has crucially influenced anthropogenic
activities, which in turn impacts upon the environment. In this study, we investigated the …

PSCF method for source identification of particulate matter in an agricultural background region in Brazil

DC Nogarotto, J Gimbernau… - Environmental …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The use of mathematical and statistical models to investigate potential sources of pollutants
that have been transported by air masses to a study site is important for establishing control …

Location method of garden air pollution source based on gradient lifting regression tree algorithm

X Huang, L Li - International Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - inderscienceonline.com
In order to improve the location accuracy of garden air pollution sources, this paper
proposes a new method of garden air pollution source location based on gradient lifting …

Characterization of urban aerosols pollution during the COVID-19 crisis by particle induced X-ray emission spectroscopy

SOO Aljboor - 2024 - dea.lib.unideb.hu
Atmospheric aerosols have significant effects on many aspects of our life. They affect the
Earth's climate as strong as greenhouse gases, and they influence the weather, as well …