Air Quality During COVID-19 Lockdown in the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta: Two Different Responsive Mechanisms to Emission Reductions in China

Wang, Nan; Xu, Jiawei; Pei, Chenglei; Tang, Rong; Zhou, Derong; Chen, Yanning; Li, Mei; Deng, Xuejiao; Deng, Tao; Huang, Xin; Ding, Aijun

doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c08383

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Air Quality During COVID-19 Lockdown in the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta: Two Different Responsive Mechanisms to Emission Reductions in China

Published in Environmental Science & Technology • Apr 2, 2021

Authors:

Nan Wang

Jiawei Xu

Chenglei Pei

Abstract

Despite the large reduction in anthropogenic activities due to the outbreak of COVID-19, air quality in China has witnessed little improvement and featured great regional disparities. Here, by combining observational data and simulations, this work aims to understand the diverse air quality response...

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Delta

China

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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