Changes in black carbon emissions over Europe due to  COVID-19 lockdowns

Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Platt, Stephen M.; Eckhardt, Sabine; Lund Myhre, Cathrine; Laj, Paolo; Alados-Arboledas, Lucas; Backman, John; Brem, Benjamin T.; Fiebig, Markus; Flentje, Harald; Marinoni, Angela; Pandolfi, Marco; Yus-Dìez, Jesus; Prats, Natalia; Putaud, Jean P.; Sellegri, Karine; Sorribas, Mar; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos; Vratolis, Stergios; Wiedensohler, Alfred; Stohl, Andreas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-2675-2021

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23 Feb 2021

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| 23 Feb 2021

Changes in black carbon emissions over Europe due to COVID-19 lockdowns

Nikolaos Evangeliou, Stephen M. Platt, Sabine Eckhardt, Cathrine Lund Myhre, Paolo Laj, Lucas Alados-Arboledas, John Backman, Benjamin T. Brem, Markus Fiebig, Harald Flentje, Angela Marinoni, Marco Pandolfi, Jesus Yus-Dìez, Natalia Prats, Jean P. Putaud, Karine Sellegri, Mar Sorribas, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Stergios Vratolis, Alfred Wiedensohler, and Andreas Stohl

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RC1: 'Reviewer comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Nov 2020
- AC1: 'Response to comments posted by the Anonymous Referee #1', Nikolaos Evangeliou, 11 Dec 2020
RC2: 'Review to "Changes in black carbon emissions over Europe due to COVID-19 lockdowns"', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Dec 2020
- AC2: 'Response to comments posted by the Anonymous Referee #2', Nikolaos Evangeliou, 11 Dec 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Nikolaos Evangeliou on behalf of the Authors (11 Dec 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (15 Dec 2020) by Toshihiko Takemura

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (16 Jan 2021)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (17 Jan 2021) by Toshihiko Takemura

AR by Nikolaos Evangeliou on behalf of the Authors (17 Jan 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (18 Jan 2021) by Toshihiko Takemura

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AA by Nikolaos Evangeliou on behalf of the Authors (16 Feb 2021) Author's adjustment Manuscript

EA: Adjustments approved (16 Feb 2021) by Toshihiko Takemura

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Following the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to Europe, social distancing rules were introduced to prevent further spread. We investigate the impacts of the European lockdowns on black carbon (BC) emissions by means of in situ observations and inverse modelling. BC emissions declined by 23 kt in Europe during the lockdowns as compared with previous years and by 11 % as compared to the period prior to lockdowns. Residential combustion prevailed in Eastern Europe, as confirmed by remote sensing data.