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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-12705-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-12705-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Peculiar COVID-19 effects in the Greater Tokyo Area revealed by spatiotemporal variabilities of tropospheric gases and light-absorbing aerosols
Alessandro Damiani
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS), Chiba University,
Chiba, 2638522, Japan
Hitoshi Irie
Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS), Chiba University,
Chiba, 2638522, Japan
Dmitry A. Belikov
Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS), Chiba University,
Chiba, 2638522, Japan
Shuei Kaizuka
Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS), Chiba University,
Chiba, 2638522, Japan
Hossain Mohammed Syedul Hoque
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya,
4640064, Japan
Raul R. Cordero
Department of Physics, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago,
3363, Chile
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We analyzed the variabilities in tropospheric gases and aerosols within the Greater Tokyo Area, Japan. Beyond highlighting air quality changes caused by the pandemic during the lockdown, we found that the degree of weekly cycling of most gases and aerosols was enhanced during the whole of 2020. The changes were unprecedented in recent years and potentially related to coincident reduced mobility in Japan, which, in contrast to other countries, was anomalously low on weekends in 2020.
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