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ArticleInternational journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation : ITC journal2022

Decade-low aerosol levels over the Bohai and Yellow Seas amid the COVID-19 lockdown.

RunaA, Tingwei Cui, Song Qing, Ting Wei, Bing Mu, Yanfang Xiao, Yanlong Chen, Yuhai Bao, Jie Zhang

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RunaASchool of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University & Key Laboratory of Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean System, Ministry of Education & Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Zhuhai 519082, China.
Tingwei CuiSchool of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University & Key Laboratory of Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean System, Ministry of Education & Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Zhuhai 519082, China.
Song QingCollege of Geographical Science, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, China.
Ting WeiCollege of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266071, China.
Bing MuCollege of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266071, China.
Yanfang XiaoFirst Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266061, China.
Yanlong ChenNational Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, Dalian 116023, China.
Yuhai BaoCollege of Geographical Science, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, China.
Jie ZhangFirst Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266061, China.

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has crucially influenced anthropogenic activities, which in turn impacts upon the environment. In this study, we investigated the variations on aerosol optical depth (AOD) at 550 nm over the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea during the COVID-19 lockdown (from February to March in 2020) of China mainland based on Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) observation by comparing with historical AOD records (2011-2019). Our results show that with the lockdown implementation, the decade-low AOD levels are achieved in February and March 2020 (0.39 ± 0.18 and 0.37 ± 0.19, respectively), which are 22% and 28% (p < 0.01) lower than the average AOD between 2011 and 2019 (0.50 ± 0.08 and 0.52 ± 0.05, respectively). After the lockdown restrictions were relaxed and industrial production gradually resumed, the AOD in April 2020 rebounded to the historical average level. Besides, compared with historical observations (2011-2019), the AOD temporal variability from February to April 2020 showed different pattern, with the decade-high increase from March to April (+0.11) and decade-low increase from February to March (-0.01). Independent observations and simulation, including fine particulate matter (PM

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AODBohai Sea and Yellow SeaCOVID-19Decade-lowLockdownPM2.5

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