Impact of COVID-19 Containment Measures on Air Pollution in California

doi:10.4209/aaqr.2020.05.0227

	Impact of COVID-19 Containment Measures on Air Pollution in California
	Naeger, Aaron R.; Murphy, Kelley
	2020-10
发表期刊	AEROSOL AND AIR QUALITY RESEARCH
ISSN	1680-8584
EISSN	2071-1409
摘要	This study used space- and ground-based sensors in conjunction meteorological and traffic information to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 containment measures on air pollution in California by comparing data from March-April 2020 to the similar period in 2019. Although significantly lower pollution levels were observed throughout the COVID-19 containment period in 2020 compared to 2019, our meteorological analysis found that periods of enhanced precipitation likely contributed to the cleaner environment over the Central Valley and southern California. Therefore, we focused our assessment on a 19-day period of drier conditions across the region. During this period, TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) data revealed strong reductions in tropospheric NO2 of 40% in Los Angeles, 38% in Fresno, and about 20% in Bakersfield and San Francisco when compared to 2019. The reductions were mostly within about 10% of the decrease in vehicle miles traveled (VMT), which indicates that the decrease in traffic-related NOx due to the COVID-19 lockdown was an important driver of the NO2 reduction. Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data showed similar NO2 reductions to TROPOMI over Los Angeles during the lockdown, but drastically different results over the other cities where little to no reductions were observed. The close agreement between ground-based and TROPOMI observations indicated that a more accurate assessment of the impacts from the COVID-19 lockdown can be accomplished using TROPOMI rather than OMI data, which is attributed to its improved resolution and sensitivity that can better characterize NO2 pollution associated with fine-scale emissions. Altogether, the space- and ground-based observations provide strong evidence that the containment measures led to NO2 reductions of around 35% in Los Angeles and Fresno and 25% in San Francisco and Bakersfield relative to 2019, along with decreases in PM2.5 and improved air quality at the surface.
关键词	Air pollution Emissions Automotive Regional air quality Remote sensing PM2.5
DOI	10.4209/aaqr.2020.05.0227
WOS关键词	PARTICULATE MATTER PM ; NO2 ; PREVALENCE ; EMISSIONS ; TEMPERATURE ; QUALITY ; WEATHER ; TRENDS
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
出版者	TAIWAN ASSOC AEROSOL RES-TAAR
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文献类型	期刊论文
专题	新冠肺炎循证社会科学证据集成
作者单位	Univ Alabama
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Naeger, Aaron R.,Murphy, Kelley. Impact of COVID-19 Containment Measures on Air Pollution in California[J]. AEROSOL AND AIR QUALITY RESEARCH,2020.
APA	Naeger, Aaron R.,&Murphy, Kelley.(2020).Impact of COVID-19 Containment Measures on Air Pollution in California.AEROSOL AND AIR QUALITY RESEARCH.
MLA	Naeger, Aaron R.,et al."Impact of COVID-19 Containment Measures on Air Pollution in California".AEROSOL AND AIR QUALITY RESEARCH (2020).

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