Impact of 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns on particulate air pollution across Europe

Putaud, Jean-Philippe; Pisoni, Enrico; Mangold, Alexander; Hueglin, Christoph; Sciare, Jean; Pikridas, Michael; Savvides, Chrysanthos; Ondracek, Jakub; Mbengue, Saliou; Wiedensohler, Alfred; Weinhold, Kay; Merkel, Maik; Poulain, Laurent; van Pinxteren, Dominik; Herrmann, Hartmut; Massling, Andreas; Nordstroem, Claus; Alastuey, Andrés; Reche, Cristina; Pérez, Noemí; Castillo, Sonia; Sorribas, Mar; Adame, Jose Antonio; Petaja, Tuukka; Lehtipalo, Katrianne; Niemi, Jarkko; Riffault, Véronique; de Brito, Joel F.; Colette, Augustin; Favez, Olivier; Petit, Jean-Eudes; Gros, Valérie; Gini, Maria I.; Vratolis, Stergios; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos; Diapouli, Evangelia; Denier van der Gon, Hugo; Yttri, Karl Espen; Aas, Wenche

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-10145-2023

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Articles | Volume 23, issue 17

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11 Sep 2023

Research article |

| 11 Sep 2023

Impact of 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns on particulate air pollution across Europe

Jean-Philippe Putaud, Enrico Pisoni, Alexander Mangold, Christoph Hueglin, Jean Sciare, Michael Pikridas, Chrysanthos Savvides, Jakub Ondracek, Saliou Mbengue, Alfred Wiedensohler, Kay Weinhold, Maik Merkel, Laurent Poulain, Dominik van Pinxteren, Hartmut Herrmann, Andreas Massling, Claus Nordstroem, Andrés Alastuey, Cristina Reche, Noemí Pérez, Sonia Castillo, Mar Sorribas, Jose Antonio Adame, Tuukka Petaja, Katrianne Lehtipalo, Jarkko Niemi, Véronique Riffault, Joel F. de Brito, Augustin Colette, Olivier Favez, Jean-Eudes Petit, Valérie Gros, Maria I. Gini, Stergios Vratolis, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Evangelia Diapouli, Hugo Denier van der Gon, Karl Espen Yttri, and Wenche Aas

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Data sets

European air quality forecasts CAMS https://ads.atmosphere.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/dataset/cams-europe-air-quality-forecasts?tab=form

Air Quality e-Reporting datahub EEA https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/aqereporting

ACTRIS Data Centre NILU https://actris.nilu.no/

EBAS NILU https://ebas-data.nilu.no/

A regional air quality forecasting system over Europe: the MACC-II daily ensemble production (https://ads.atmosphere.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/dataset/cams-europe-air-quality-forecasts?tab=form) V. Marécal, V.-H. Peuch, C. Andersson, S. Andersson, J. Arteta, M. Beekmann, A. Benedictow, R. Bergström, B. Bessagnet, A. Cansado, F. Chéroux, A. Colette, A Coman, R. L. Curier, H. A. C. Denier van der Gon, A. Drouin, H. Elbern, E. Emili, R. J. Engelen, H. J. Eskes, G. Foret, E. Friese, M. Gauss, C. Giannaros, J. Guth, M. Joly, E. Jaumouillé, B. Josse, N. Kadygrov, J. W. Kaiser, K. Krajsek, J. Kuenen, U. Kumar, N. Liora, E. Lopez, L. Malherbe, I. Martinez, D. Melas, F. Meleux, L. Menut, P. Moinat, T. Morales, J. Parmentier, A. Piacentini, M. Plu, A. Poupkou, S. Queguiner, L. Robertson, L. Rouïl, M. Schaap, A. Segers, M. Sofiev, L. Tarasson, M. Thomas, R. Timmermans, Á. Valdebenito, P. van Velthoven, R. van Versendaal, J. Vira, and A. Ung https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2777-2015

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Many European people are still exposed to levels of air pollution that can affect their health. COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 were used to assess the impact of the reduction in human mobility on air pollution across Europe by comparing measurement data with values that would be expected if no lockdown had occurred. We show that lockdown measures did not lead to consistent decreases in the concentrations of fine particulate matter suspended in the air, and we investigate why.