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  1. Article ; Online: Impact of quarantine measures on chemical compositions of PM2.5 during the COVID-19 epidemic in Shanghai, China

    Chen, Hui / Huo, Juntao / Fu, Qingyan / Duan, Yusen / Xiao, Hang / Chen, Jianmin

    Science of The Total Environment

    2020  Volume 743, Page(s) 140758

    Keywords Environmental Engineering ; Waste Management and Disposal ; Pollution ; Environmental Chemistry ; covid19
    Language English
    Publisher Elsevier BV
    Publishing country us
    Document type Article ; Online
    ZDB-ID 121506-1
    ISSN 1879-1026 ; 0048-9697
    ISSN (online) 1879-1026
    ISSN 0048-9697
    DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140758
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  2. Article: Impact of quarantine measures on chemical compositions of PM2.5 during the COVID-19 epidemic in Shanghai, China

    Chen, Hui / Huo, Juntao / Fu, Qingyan / Duan, Yusen / Xiao, Hang / Chen, Jianmin

    Sci Total Environ

    Abstract: ... in Shanghai before and during the quarantine period of the COVID-19 epidemic, which was Jan. 8-23 and Jan. 24 ... understanding of the impact of quarantine measures on variations of the PM2.5 concentration and ... transmitted to the entire country. Quarantine measures during Chinese New Year effectively alleviated ...

    Abstract The COVID-19 epidemic broke out in Wuhan, Hubei in December 2019 and in January 2020 and was later transmitted to the entire country. Quarantine measures during Chinese New Year effectively alleviated the spread of the epidemic, but they simultaneously resulted in a decline in anthropogenic emissions from industry, transportation, and import and export of goods. Herein, we present the major chemical composition of non-refractory PM2.5 (NR-PM2.5) and the concentrations of gaseous pollutants in an urban site in Shanghai before and during the quarantine period of the COVID-19 epidemic, which was Jan. 8-23 and Jan. 24-Feb. 8, respectively. The observed results show that the reduction in PM2.5 can be mainly attributed to decreasing concentrations of nitrate and primary aerosols. Nitrate accounted for 37% of NR-PM2.5 before the quarantine period when there was no emission reduction. During the quarantine period, the nitrate concentration decreased by approximately 60%, which is attributed to a reduction in the NOx concentration. Ammonium, as the main balancing cation, showed an approximately 45% simultaneous decrease in concentration. The concentrations of chloride and hydrocarbon-like organic aerosols from primary emissions also declined due to limited human activities. By contrast, sulphate and oxygenated organic aerosols showed a slight decrease in concentration, with their contributions increasing to 27% and 18%, respectively, during the quarantine period, which resulted in two pollution episodes with PM2.5 exceeding 100 µg/m3. This study provides a better understanding of the impact of quarantine measures on variations of the PM2.5 concentration and chemical compositions. Atmospheric oxidation capacities based on the oxidant (Ox = O3 + NO2) and oxidation ratios have been discussed for elucidating the source and formation of haze in an environment with lower anthropogenic emissions. With increasing contribution of secondary aerosols, lower NOx and nitrate concentrations did not completely avoid haze in Shanghai during the epidemic.
    Keywords covid19
    Publisher WHO
    Document type Article
    Note WHO #Covidence: #652608
    Database COVID19

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