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COVID-19; Atmospheric oxidation capacity; Ozone; CMAQYRD; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; RADICAL CHEMISTRY; AIR-QUALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SURFACE OZONE; URBAN AREA; CHINA; POLLUTION; MODEL

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Enhanced Atmospheric Oxidation Capacity And Associated Ozone Increases During Covid-19 Lockdown In The Yangtze River Delta, Yu Wang, Shengqiang Zhu, Jinlong Ma, Juanyong Shen, Pengfei Wang, Peng Wang, Hongliang Zhang May 2021

Enhanced Atmospheric Oxidation Capacity And Associated Ozone Increases During Covid-19 Lockdown In The Yangtze River Delta, Yu Wang, Shengqiang Zhu, Jinlong Ma, Juanyong Shen, Pengfei Wang, Peng Wang, Hongliang Zhang

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Aggressive air pollution control in China since 2013 has achieved sharp decreases in fine particulate matter (PM2.5), along with increased ozone (O-3) concentrations. Due to the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), China imposed nationwide restriction, leading to large reductions in economic activities and associated emissions. In particular, large decreases were found in nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions (>50%) from transportation. However, O-3 increased in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD), which cannot be fully explained by changes in NOx and volatile organic compound (VOCs) emissions. In this study, the Community Multi-scale Air Quality model was used to investigate O-3 increase …