Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Preventing Measures and Meteorological Conditions on the Atmospheric Air Composition in Moscow in 2020

Changes in the atmospheric composition during different periods of 2020 in Moscow which were associated with the COVID-19 pandemic preventing measures as well as corresponding pollutant emission reduction, are investigated. Surface concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), carbon monoxide (CO), oz...

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Published in:Russian meteorology and hydrology 2022, Vol.47 (3), p.183-190
Main Authors: Skorokhod, A. I., Rakitin, V. S., Kirillova, N. S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmospheric chemistry
Atmospheric composition
Atmospheric Sciences
Carbon monoxide
COVID-19
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Emission analysis
Emission measurements
Emissions control
Meteorological conditions
Meteorological parameters
Meteorology
Nitrogen dioxide
Ozone
Pandemics
Particulate matter
Pollutants
Pollution control
Spatial distribution
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Summary:Changes in the atmospheric composition during different periods of 2020 in Moscow which were associated with the COVID-19 pandemic preventing measures as well as corresponding pollutant emission reduction, are investigated. Surface concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), carbon monoxide (CO), ozone (O 3 ), aerosol fraction (PM 10 ), and meteorological parameters during different periods of 2020 were compared with similar data for the previous five years. The analysis of ground-based measurements, as well as of high-resolution satellite distributions of CO and NO 2  indicated that the concentration of major pollutants and its spatial distribution in the Moscow region were significantly affected by both restrictive measures and abnormal meteorological conditions in 2020.
ISSN:1068-3739
1934-8096
DOI:10.3103/S1068373922030037