Impact of Coronavirus Outbreak on NO₂ Pollution Assessed Using TROPOMI and OMI Observations.

ABSTRACT: Spaceborne NO₂ column observations from two high-resolution instruments, Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) on board Sentinel-5 Precursor and Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on Aura, reveal unprecedented NO₂ decreases over China, South Korea, western Europe, and the United States as a result of public health measures enforced to contain the coronavirus disease outbreak (Covid-19) in January-April 2020. The average NO₂ column drop over all Chinese cities amounts to -40% relative to the same period in 2019 and reaches up to a factor of ~2 at heavily hit cities, for example, Wuhan, Jinan, while the decreases in western Europe and the United States are also significant (-20% to -38%). In contrast with this, although Iran is also strongly affected by

SUBMITTER: Bauwens M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7261997 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature