Articles | Volume 21, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9047-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9047-2021
Measurement report
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15 Jun 2021
Measurement report |  | 15 Jun 2021

Measurement report: An assessment of the impact of a nationwide lockdown on air pollution – a remote sensing perspective over India

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Generally, atmospheric pollutants exhibit seasonal and annual variations with space and time in addition to episodic events. Hence it is important to quantify the changes that occurred due to episodic events such as lockdown in this case. Therefore in our study, we intended to show the lockdown-induced changes of tropospheric NO2, carbon monoxide (CO), and AOD in addition to the effect of inter-annual variability on these pollutants. Further observed changes were statistically evaluated.
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