Effect of COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown (general holiday) on air quality of Dhaka City.

ABSTRACT: A worldwide pandemic of COVID-19 has forced the Government of Bangladesh to implement a lockdown during April-May 2020 by restricting people's movement; shutdown of industries and motor vehicles; and closing markets, public places, and schools to contain the virus. This type of strict measures caused an outcome, the reduction of urban air pollution, around the world. The present study aims to investigate the reduction of the concentration of pollutants in the air of Dhaka City and the reduction of the Air Quality Index (AQI). Necessary time-series data of the concentration of PM_2.5, NO₂, SO₂, and CO have been collected from the archive of the Air Quality Monitoring Station of the US Embassy in Dhaka and Sentinel-5P. The time-series data have been analyzed b

SUBMITTER: Islam MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8128090 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature