Has air quality improved in Ecuador during the COVID-19 pandemic? A parametric analysis

Many governments around the world have enforced quarantine policies to control the spread of the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). These policies have had positive and negative effects on the environment. For example, the concentrations of certain harmful pollutants have decreased in some countries. In...

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Autores principales: Zambrano-Monserrate, Manuel A., Ruano, María Alejandra
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7338136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32837612
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11869-020-00866-y
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description Many governments around the world have enforced quarantine policies to control the spread of the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). These policies have had positive and negative effects on the environment. For example, the concentrations of certain harmful pollutants have decreased in some countries. In contrast, the concentrations of other pollutants have increased. This research analyzes the effect of quarantine policies on air quality in Quito, Ecuador. Using a parametric approach, it was found that NO(2) and PM2.5 concentrations have decreased significantly since the establishment of lockdown measures. However, O(3) concentrations have increased considerably in 2020.
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spelling pubmed-73381362020-07-07 Has air quality improved in Ecuador during the COVID-19 pandemic? A parametric analysis Zambrano-Monserrate, Manuel A. Ruano, María Alejandra Air Qual Atmos Health Article Many governments around the world have enforced quarantine policies to control the spread of the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). These policies have had positive and negative effects on the environment. For example, the concentrations of certain harmful pollutants have decreased in some countries. In contrast, the concentrations of other pollutants have increased. This research analyzes the effect of quarantine policies on air quality in Quito, Ecuador. Using a parametric approach, it was found that NO(2) and PM2.5 concentrations have decreased significantly since the establishment of lockdown measures. However, O(3) concentrations have increased considerably in 2020. Springer Netherlands 2020-07-06 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7338136/ /pubmed/32837612 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11869-020-00866-y Text en © Springer Nature B.V. 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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