Disentangling drivers of air pollutant and health risk changes during the COVID-19 lockdown in China

Abstract The COVID-19 restrictions in 2020 have led to distinct variations in NO2 and O3 concentrations in China. Here, the different drivers of anthropogenic emission changes, including the effects of the Chinese New Year (CNY), China’s 2018–2020 Clean Air Plan (CAP), and the COVID-19 lockdown and...

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Main Authors: Fuzhen Shen, Michaela I. Hegglin, Yuanfei Luo, Yue Yuan, Bing Wang, Johannes Flemming, Junfeng Wang, Yunjiang Zhang, Mindong Chen, Qiang Yang, Xinlei Ge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-022-00276-0