ArticleAtmospheric environment (Oxford, England : 1994)2021
COVID-19 mitigation measures and nitrogen dioxide - A quasi-experimental study of air quality in Munich, Germany.
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- Pollutant Concentration Changes During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Barcelona and Surrounding Regions: Modification of Diurnal Cycles and Limited Role of Meteorological Conditions.Boundary-layer meteorology · 2022Article
- COVID-19 and air pollution in Vienna-a time series approach.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bavarian State government announced several COVID-19 mitigation measures beginning on March 16, 2020, which likely led to a reduction in traffic and a subsequent improvement in air quality. In this study, we evaluated the short-term effect of COVID-19 mitigation measures on NO
methodsWe applied two quasi-experimental approaches, a controlled interrupted time-series (c-ITS) approach and a synthetic control (SC) approach. Each approach compared changes occurring in 2020 to changes occurring in 2014-2019, and accounted for weather-related and other potential confounders. We hypothesized that the largest reductions in NO
resultsMain analyses largely supported our hypotheses. Specifically, at the two traffic sites, using the c-ITS approach we observed reductions of 9.34 μg/m
conclusionWe applied two quasi-experimental approaches in assessing the impact of the COVID-19 mitigation measures on NO
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