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ArticleUrban climate2022

Drivers of air pollution variability during second wave of COVID-19 in Delhi, India.

Ummed Singh Saharan, Rajesh Kumar, Pratyush Tripathy, M Sateesh, Jyoti Garg, Sudhir Kumar Sharma, Tuhin Kumar Mandal

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  1. Elemental Composition and Sources of Fine Particulate Matter (PMBulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology · 2023
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  2. Long-Term Variation in Carbonaceous Components of PMBulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology · 2022
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Ummed Singh SaharanCSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Road, New Delhi 110012, India.
Rajesh KumarNational Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA.
Pratyush TripathyGeospatial Lab, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bengaluru 560 080, India.
M SateeshNational Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting, Noida 201309, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Jyoti GargDr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Connaught Place, New Delhi, Delhi 110001, India.
Sudhir Kumar SharmaCSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Road, New Delhi 110012, India.
Tuhin Kumar MandalCSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Road, New Delhi 110012, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To curb the 2nd wave of COVID-19 disease in April-May 2021, a night curfew followed by full lockdown was imposed over the National Capital Territory, Delhi. We have analyzed the observed variation in pollutants and meteorology, and role of local and transboundary emission sources during night-curfew and lockdown, as compared to pre-lockdown period and identical periods of 2020 lockdown as well as of 2018 and 2019. In 2021, concentration of pollutants (except O₃, SO₂, and toluene) declined by 4-16% during night-curfew as compared to the pre-lockdown period but these changes are not statistically significant. During lockdown in 2021, various pollutants decreased by 1-28% as compared to the night-curfew (except O₃ and PM₂.₅), but increased by 31-129% compared to the identical period of 2020 lockdown except O₃. Advection of pollutants from the region of moderate lockdown restrictions and an abrupt increase in crop-residue burning activity (120-587%) over Haryana and Punjab increased the air pollution levels over NCT during the lockdown period of 2021 as compared to 2020 in addition to a significant contribution of long-range transport. The increase in PM₂.₅ during the lockdown period of 2021 compared to 2020 might led to 5-29 additional premature mortalities.

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PMID34934612
PMCPMC8674516

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