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Tropospheric NO(2) and O(3) Response to COVID‐19 Lockdown Restrictions at the National and Urban Scales in Germany
This study estimates the influence of anthropogenic emission reductions on nitrogen dioxide ([Formula: see text]) and ozone ([Formula: see text]) concentration changes in Germany during the COVID‐19 pandemic period using in‐situ surface and Sentinel‐5 Precursor TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TR...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8667658/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34926104 http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021JD035440 |
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author | Balamurugan, Vigneshkumar Chen, Jia Qu, Zhen Bi, Xiao Gensheimer, Johannes Shekhar, Ankit Bhattacharjee, Shrutilipi Keutsch, Frank N. |
author_facet | Balamurugan, Vigneshkumar Chen, Jia Qu, Zhen Bi, Xiao Gensheimer, Johannes Shekhar, Ankit Bhattacharjee, Shrutilipi Keutsch, Frank N. |
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description | This study estimates the influence of anthropogenic emission reductions on nitrogen dioxide ([Formula: see text]) and ozone ([Formula: see text]) concentration changes in Germany during the COVID‐19 pandemic period using in‐situ surface and Sentinel‐5 Precursor TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) satellite column measurements and GEOS‐Chem model simulations. We show that reductions in anthropogenic emissions in eight German metropolitan areas reduced mean in‐situ (& column) [Formula: see text] concentrations by 23 [Formula: see text] (& 16 [Formula: see text]) between March 21 and June 30, 2020 after accounting for meteorology, whereas the corresponding mean in‐situ [Formula: see text] concentration increased by 4 [Formula: see text] between March 21 and May 31, 2020, and decreased by 3 [Formula: see text] in June 2020, compared to 2019. In the winter and spring, the degree of [Formula: see text] saturation of ozone production is stronger than in the summer. This implies that future reductions in [Formula: see text] emissions in these metropolitan areas are likely to increase ozone pollution during winter and spring if appropriate mitigation measures are not implemented. TROPOMI [Formula: see text] concentrations decreased nationwide during the stricter lockdown period after accounting for meteorology with the exception of North‐West Germany which can be attributed to enhanced [Formula: see text] emissions from agricultural soils. |
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spelling | pubmed-86676582021-12-14 Tropospheric NO(2) and O(3) Response to COVID‐19 Lockdown Restrictions at the National and Urban Scales in Germany Balamurugan, Vigneshkumar Chen, Jia Qu, Zhen Bi, Xiao Gensheimer, Johannes Shekhar, Ankit Bhattacharjee, Shrutilipi Keutsch, Frank N. J Geophys Res Atmos Research Article This study estimates the influence of anthropogenic emission reductions on nitrogen dioxide ([Formula: see text]) and ozone ([Formula: see text]) concentration changes in Germany during the COVID‐19 pandemic period using in‐situ surface and Sentinel‐5 Precursor TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) satellite column measurements and GEOS‐Chem model simulations. We show that reductions in anthropogenic emissions in eight German metropolitan areas reduced mean in‐situ (& column) [Formula: see text] concentrations by 23 [Formula: see text] (& 16 [Formula: see text]) between March 21 and June 30, 2020 after accounting for meteorology, whereas the corresponding mean in‐situ [Formula: see text] concentration increased by 4 [Formula: see text] between March 21 and May 31, 2020, and decreased by 3 [Formula: see text] in June 2020, compared to 2019. In the winter and spring, the degree of [Formula: see text] saturation of ozone production is stronger than in the summer. This implies that future reductions in [Formula: see text] emissions in these metropolitan areas are likely to increase ozone pollution during winter and spring if appropriate mitigation measures are not implemented. TROPOMI [Formula: see text] concentrations decreased nationwide during the stricter lockdown period after accounting for meteorology with the exception of North‐West Germany which can be attributed to enhanced [Formula: see text] emissions from agricultural soils. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-09-27 2021-10-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8667658/ /pubmed/34926104 http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021JD035440 Text en © 2021. The Authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Balamurugan, Vigneshkumar Chen, Jia Qu, Zhen Bi, Xiao Gensheimer, Johannes Shekhar, Ankit Bhattacharjee, Shrutilipi Keutsch, Frank N. Tropospheric NO(2) and O(3) Response to COVID‐19 Lockdown Restrictions at the National and Urban Scales in Germany |
title | Tropospheric NO(2) and O(3) Response to COVID‐19 Lockdown Restrictions at the National and Urban Scales in Germany |
title_full | Tropospheric NO(2) and O(3) Response to COVID‐19 Lockdown Restrictions at the National and Urban Scales in Germany |
title_fullStr | Tropospheric NO(2) and O(3) Response to COVID‐19 Lockdown Restrictions at the National and Urban Scales in Germany |
title_full_unstemmed | Tropospheric NO(2) and O(3) Response to COVID‐19 Lockdown Restrictions at the National and Urban Scales in Germany |
title_short | Tropospheric NO(2) and O(3) Response to COVID‐19 Lockdown Restrictions at the National and Urban Scales in Germany |
title_sort | tropospheric no(2) and o(3) response to covid‐19 lockdown restrictions at the national and urban scales in germany |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8667658/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34926104 http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021JD035440 |
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