The Dynamics Of The Atmospheric Pollutants During The Covid-19 Pandemic 2020 And Their Relationship With Meteorological Conditions In Moscow

The relationship between the dynamics of the atmospheric pollutants and meteorological conditions has been analyzed during the COVID-19 pandemic in Moscow in spring, 2020. The decrease in traffic emissions during the lockdown periods from March 30th until June 8th played an important role in the dec...

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Main Authors: N. Chubarova Ye., Ye. Androsova Ye., Ye. Lezina A.
Other Authors: The analysis of meteorological conditions, the development of the datasets, and the analysis of several gas species concentrations have been carried out with the partial support of the RGO grant (agreement 08/07-2020- Mo). The analysis of the gas-aerosol regime in 2020 was partially supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (grant number 075-15-2021-574). This research was performed according to the Development program of the Interdisciplinary Scientific and Educational School of M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University «Future Planet and Global Environmental Change»
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Language:English
Published: Russian Geographical Society 2021
Subjects:
COVID-19 pandemic
urban pollution
aerosol ;gas
lockdown ;traffic emission
PM10
ozone
nitrogen oxides
CO;SO2
long-term measurements
Yandex self-isolation indices
meteorological factors
Arctic
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https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2021-012
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urban pollution
aerosol ;gas
lockdown ;traffic emission
PM10
ozone
nitrogen oxides
CO;SO2
long-term measurements
Yandex self-isolation indices
meteorological factors
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urban pollution
aerosol ;gas
lockdown ;traffic emission
PM10
ozone
nitrogen oxides
CO;SO2
long-term measurements
Yandex self-isolation indices
meteorological factors
N. Chubarova Ye.
Ye. Androsova Ye.
Ye. Lezina A.
The Dynamics Of The Atmospheric Pollutants During The Covid-19 Pandemic 2020 And Their Relationship With Meteorological Conditions In Moscow
topic_facet COVID-19 pandemic
urban pollution
aerosol ;gas
lockdown ;traffic emission
PM10
ozone
nitrogen oxides
CO;SO2
long-term measurements
Yandex self-isolation indices
meteorological factors
description The relationship between the dynamics of the atmospheric pollutants and meteorological conditions has been analyzed during the COVID-19 pandemic in Moscow in spring, 2020. The decrease in traffic emissions during the lockdown periods from March 30th until June 8th played an important role in the decrease (up to 70%) of many gaseous species and aerosol PM10 concentrations and in the increase of surface ozone (up to 18%). The analysis of the pollutant concentrations during the lockdown showed much smoother diurnal cycle for most of the species due to the reduced intensity of traffic, especially during rush hours, compared with that before and after the lockdown. The specific meteorological conditions with low temperatures during the lockdown periods as well as the observed smoke air advection have made a considerable contribution to the air quality. After removing the cases with smoke air advection the decrease in concentration of many pollutants was observed, especially in NOx and PM10. The analysis of Pearson partial correlation coefficients with fixed temperature factor has revealed a statistically significant negative correlation between the Yandex self-isolation indices (SII), which can be used as a proxy of traffic intensity, and daily concentrations of all pollutants, except surface ozone, which has a statistically significant positive correlation with SII caused by specific photochemical reactions. In situations with SII>2.5 more favorable conditions for surface ozone generation were observed due to smaller NOx and the higher O3 /NOx ratios at the same ratio of VOC/NOx. In addition, this may also happen, since during the Arctic air advection, which was often observed during the lockdown period, the growth of ozone could be observed due to the downward flux of the ozone-rich air from the higher layers of the atmosphere.
author2 The analysis of meteorological conditions, the development of the datasets, and the analysis of several gas species concentrations have been carried out with the partial support of the RGO grant (agreement 08/07-2020- Mo). The analysis of the gas-aerosol regime in 2020 was partially supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (grant number 075-15-2021-574). This research was performed according to the Development program of the Interdisciplinary Scientific and Educational School of M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University «Future Planet and Global Environmental Change»
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title The Dynamics Of The Atmospheric Pollutants During The Covid-19 Pandemic 2020 And Their Relationship With Meteorological Conditions In Moscow
title_short The Dynamics Of The Atmospheric Pollutants During The Covid-19 Pandemic 2020 And Their Relationship With Meteorological Conditions In Moscow
title_full The Dynamics Of The Atmospheric Pollutants During The Covid-19 Pandemic 2020 And Their Relationship With Meteorological Conditions In Moscow
title_fullStr The Dynamics Of The Atmospheric Pollutants During The Covid-19 Pandemic 2020 And Their Relationship With Meteorological Conditions In Moscow
title_full_unstemmed The Dynamics Of The Atmospheric Pollutants During The Covid-19 Pandemic 2020 And Their Relationship With Meteorological Conditions In Moscow
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Berezina E., Moiseenko, K., Skorokhod A., Pankratova N.V., Belikov I., Belousov V. and Elansky N.F. (2020). Impact of VOCs and NOx on Ozone Formation in Moscow. Atmosphere, 11(11), 1262, DOI:10.3390/atmos11111262.
Briz-Redón Á. and Serrano-Aroca Á. (2020). A spatio-temporal analysis for exploring the effect of temperature on COVID-19 early evolution in Spain. Science of The Total Environment, 728, 138811, DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138811.
Chubarova N.E. Nezval’ E.I., Belikov I.B. et al. (2014). Climatic and environmental characteristics of Moscow megalopolis according to the data of the Moscow State University Meteorological Observatory over 60 years. Russian Meteorology and Hydrology, 39(9), 602-613, DOI:10.3103/S1068373914090052.
Chubarova N.E., Androsova E.E., Kirsanov A.A., Vogel B., Vogel H., Popovicheva O.B. and Rivin G.S. (2019). Aerosol and Its Radiative Effects during the AeroRadcity 2018 Moscow Experiment. Geography, Environment, Sustainability, 12(4), 114-131, DOI:10.24057/2071-9388-2019-72.
Chubarova N., Smirnov A., Holben B. (2011). Aerosol Properties in Moscow According to 10 Years of AERONET Measurements at The Meteorological Observatory of Moscow State University. Geography, Environment, Sustainability. 4(1), 19-32, DOI:10.24057/2071-9388-2011-4-1-19-32.
Chubarova N.E., Zhdanova E.Yu., Androsova E.E. et al. (2020). Aerosol pollution of cities and its effects on weather forecast, regional climate and geochemical processes. Moscow: MAX Press (in Russian), DOI:10.29003/m1475.978-5-317-06464-8.
Environmental and climate characteristics of the atmosphere in 2013 according to the measurements of the Meteorological Observatory of Moscow State University. (2014). Ed. by N.Ye. Chubarova, Moscow, MAKS Press (In Russian).
Elansky N. F., N. A. Ponomarev and Ya. M. Verevkin. (2018). «Air quality and pollutant emissions in the Moscow megacity in 2005–2014», Atmos. Environ. 175, 54–64 DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.11.057.
Jain S. and Sharma T. (2020). Social and Travel Lockdown Impact Considering Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) on Air Quality in Megacities of India: Present Benefits, Future Challenges and Way Forward. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 20(6), 1222-1236, DOI:10.4209/aaqr.2020.04.0171.
Kirchstetter T.W., Novakov T. and Hobbs P.V. (2004). Evidence that the spectral dependence of light absorption by aerosols is affected by organic carbon. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, D21208, DOI:10.1029/2004JD004999.
Krecl P., Targino A.C., Oukawa G.Y. and Cassino Junior R.R. (2020). Drop in urban air pollution from COVID-19 pandemic: Policy implications for the megacity of São Paulo. Environmental Pollution, 265, part B, 114883, DOI: 0.1016/j.envpol.2020.114883.
Kuznetsova I.N., Shalygina I.Yu. et al. (2014). Unfavorable for air quality meteorological factors. Proceedings of Hydrometcentre of Russia, 351, 154-172. (in Russian).
Lee J.D., Drysdale W.S., Finch D.P., Wilde S.E. and Palmer P.I. (2020). UK surface NO2 levels dropped by 42% during the COVID-19 lockdown: impact on surface O3. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 15743-15759, DOI:10.5194/acp-20-15743-2020.
Li L., Li Q., Huang L., Wang Q. et al. (2020). Air quality changes during the COVID-19 lockdown over the Yangtze River Delta Region: An insight into the impact of human activity pattern changes on air pollution variation. Science of The Total Environment, 732, 139282, DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139282.
Mahato S., Pal S. and Ghosh K.G. (2020). Effect of lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic on air quality of the megacity Delhi, India. Science of the Total Environment, 730, 139086, DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139086.
Şahin M. (2020). Impact of weather on COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. Science of The Total Environment, 728, 138810, DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138810.
Sharma S., Zhang M., Gao A.J., Zhang H. and Kota S.H. (2020). Effect of restricted emissions during COVID-19 on air quality in India. Science of The Total Environment, 728, 138878, DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138878.
Sillman S. (1999). The relation between ozone, NOx and hydrocarbons in urban and polluted rural environments. Atmospheric Environment, 33(12), 1821-1845.
Sun J., Guorui Z., Hitzenberger R. et al. (2017). Emission factors and light absorption properties of brown carbon from household coal combustion in China. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17(7), 4769-4780, DOI:10.5194/acp-17-4769-2017.
Quinio V. and Enenkel K. (2020). How have the Covid pandemic and lockdown affected air quality in cities? [online] Centre of Cities briefing, 10th December 2020. Available at: https://www.centreforcities.org/publication/covid-pandemic-lockdown-air-quality-cities/ [Accessed 22 Jan. 2021].
Zambrano-Monserrate M.A., Ruano M.A. and Sanchez-Alcalde L. (2020). Indirect effects of COVID-19 on the environment. Science of The Total Environment, 728, 138813, DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138813.
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spelling ftjges:oai:oai.gesj.elpub.ru:article/1888 2023-05-15T15:14:24+02:00 The Dynamics Of The Atmospheric Pollutants During The Covid-19 Pandemic 2020 And Their Relationship With Meteorological Conditions In Moscow N. Chubarova Ye. Ye. Androsova Ye. Ye. Lezina A. The analysis of meteorological conditions, the development of the datasets, and the analysis of several gas species concentrations have been carried out with the partial support of the RGO grant (agreement 08/07-2020- Mo). The analysis of the gas-aerosol regime in 2020 was partially supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (grant number 075-15-2021-574). This research was performed according to the Development program of the Interdisciplinary Scientific and Educational School of M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University «Future Planet and Global Environmental Change» 2021-07-15 application/pdf https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/1888 https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2021-012 eng eng Russian Geographical Society https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/1888/599 Berezina E., Moiseenko, K., Skorokhod A., Pankratova N.V., Belikov I., Belousov V. and Elansky N.F. (2020). Impact of VOCs and NOx on Ozone Formation in Moscow. Atmosphere, 11(11), 1262, DOI:10.3390/atmos11111262. Briz-Redón Á. and Serrano-Aroca Á. (2020). A spatio-temporal analysis for exploring the effect of temperature on COVID-19 early evolution in Spain. Science of The Total Environment, 728, 138811, DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138811. Chubarova N.E. Nezval’ E.I., Belikov I.B. et al. (2014). Climatic and environmental characteristics of Moscow megalopolis according to the data of the Moscow State University Meteorological Observatory over 60 years. Russian Meteorology and Hydrology, 39(9), 602-613, DOI:10.3103/S1068373914090052. Chubarova N.E., Androsova E.E., Kirsanov A.A., Vogel B., Vogel H., Popovicheva O.B. and Rivin G.S. (2019). Aerosol and Its Radiative Effects during the AeroRadcity 2018 Moscow Experiment. Geography, Environment, Sustainability, 12(4), 114-131, DOI:10.24057/2071-9388-2019-72. Chubarova N., Smirnov A., Holben B. (2011). Aerosol Properties in Moscow According to 10 Years of AERONET Measurements at The Meteorological Observatory of Moscow State University. Geography, Environment, Sustainability. 4(1), 19-32, DOI:10.24057/2071-9388-2011-4-1-19-32. Chubarova N.E., Zhdanova E.Yu., Androsova E.E. et al. (2020). Aerosol pollution of cities and its effects on weather forecast, regional climate and geochemical processes. Moscow: MAX Press (in Russian), DOI:10.29003/m1475.978-5-317-06464-8. Environmental and climate characteristics of the atmosphere in 2013 according to the measurements of the Meteorological Observatory of Moscow State University. (2014). Ed. by N.Ye. Chubarova, Moscow, MAKS Press (In Russian). Elansky N. F., N. A. Ponomarev and Ya. M. Verevkin. (2018). «Air quality and pollutant emissions in the Moscow megacity in 2005–2014», Atmos. Environ. 175, 54–64 DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.11.057. Jain S. and Sharma T. (2020). Social and Travel Lockdown Impact Considering Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) on Air Quality in Megacities of India: Present Benefits, Future Challenges and Way Forward. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 20(6), 1222-1236, DOI:10.4209/aaqr.2020.04.0171. Kirchstetter T.W., Novakov T. and Hobbs P.V. (2004). Evidence that the spectral dependence of light absorption by aerosols is affected by organic carbon. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, D21208, DOI:10.1029/2004JD004999. Krecl P., Targino A.C., Oukawa G.Y. and Cassino Junior R.R. (2020). Drop in urban air pollution from COVID-19 pandemic: Policy implications for the megacity of São Paulo. Environmental Pollution, 265, part B, 114883, DOI: 0.1016/j.envpol.2020.114883. Kuznetsova I.N., Shalygina I.Yu. et al. (2014). Unfavorable for air quality meteorological factors. Proceedings of Hydrometcentre of Russia, 351, 154-172. (in Russian). Lee J.D., Drysdale W.S., Finch D.P., Wilde S.E. and Palmer P.I. (2020). UK surface NO2 levels dropped by 42% during the COVID-19 lockdown: impact on surface O3. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 15743-15759, DOI:10.5194/acp-20-15743-2020. Li L., Li Q., Huang L., Wang Q. et al. (2020). Air quality changes during the COVID-19 lockdown over the Yangtze River Delta Region: An insight into the impact of human activity pattern changes on air pollution variation. Science of The Total Environment, 732, 139282, DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139282. Mahato S., Pal S. and Ghosh K.G. (2020). Effect of lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic on air quality of the megacity Delhi, India. Science of the Total Environment, 730, 139086, DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139086. Şahin M. (2020). Impact of weather on COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. Science of The Total Environment, 728, 138810, DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138810. Sharma S., Zhang M., Gao A.J., Zhang H. and Kota S.H. (2020). Effect of restricted emissions during COVID-19 on air quality in India. Science of The Total Environment, 728, 138878, DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138878. Sillman S. (1999). The relation between ozone, NOx and hydrocarbons in urban and polluted rural environments. Atmospheric Environment, 33(12), 1821-1845. Sun J., Guorui Z., Hitzenberger R. et al. (2017). Emission factors and light absorption properties of brown carbon from household coal combustion in China. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17(7), 4769-4780, DOI:10.5194/acp-17-4769-2017. Quinio V. and Enenkel K. (2020). How have the Covid pandemic and lockdown affected air quality in cities? [online] Centre of Cities briefing, 10th December 2020. Available at: https://www.centreforcities.org/publication/covid-pandemic-lockdown-air-quality-cities/ [Accessed 22 Jan. 2021]. Zambrano-Monserrate M.A., Ruano M.A. and Sanchez-Alcalde L. (2020). Indirect effects of COVID-19 on the environment. Science of The Total Environment, 728, 138813, DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138813. https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/1888 doi:10.24057/2071-9388-2021-012 Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.Authors can enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).The information and opinions presented in the Journal reflect the views of the authors and not of the Journal or its Editorial Board or the Publisher. The GES Journal has used its best endeavors to ensure that the information is correct and current at the time of publication but takes no responsibility for any error, omission, or defect therein. Авторы, публикующие в данном журнале, соглашаются со следующим:Авторы сохраняют за собой авторские права на работу и предоставляют журналу право первой публикации работы на условиях лицензии Creative Commons Attribution License, которая позволяет другим распространять данную работу с обязательным сохранением ссылок на авторов оригинальной работы и оригинальную публикацию в этом журнале.Авторы сохраняют право заключать отдельные контрактные договорённости, касающиеся не-эксклюзивного распространения версии работы в опубликованном здесь виде (например, размещение ее в институтском хранилище, публикацию в книге), со ссылкой на ее оригинальную публикацию в этом журнале.Авторы имеют право размещать их работу CC-BY GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY; Vol 14, No 4 (2021); 168-182 2542-1565 2071-9388 COVID-19 pandemic urban pollution aerosol ;gas lockdown ;traffic emission PM10 ozone nitrogen oxides CO;SO2 long-term measurements Yandex self-isolation indices meteorological factors info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2021 ftjges https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2021-012 https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11111262 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138811 https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373914090052 https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2019-72 https://doi.org/10.24057/2071- 2022-01-04T17:42:59Z The relationship between the dynamics of the atmospheric pollutants and meteorological conditions has been analyzed during the COVID-19 pandemic in Moscow in spring, 2020. The decrease in traffic emissions during the lockdown periods from March 30th until June 8th played an important role in the decrease (up to 70%) of many gaseous species and aerosol PM10 concentrations and in the increase of surface ozone (up to 18%). The analysis of the pollutant concentrations during the lockdown showed much smoother diurnal cycle for most of the species due to the reduced intensity of traffic, especially during rush hours, compared with that before and after the lockdown. The specific meteorological conditions with low temperatures during the lockdown periods as well as the observed smoke air advection have made a considerable contribution to the air quality. After removing the cases with smoke air advection the decrease in concentration of many pollutants was observed, especially in NOx and PM10. The analysis of Pearson partial correlation coefficients with fixed temperature factor has revealed a statistically significant negative correlation between the Yandex self-isolation indices (SII), which can be used as a proxy of traffic intensity, and daily concentrations of all pollutants, except surface ozone, which has a statistically significant positive correlation with SII caused by specific photochemical reactions. In situations with SII>2.5 more favorable conditions for surface ozone generation were observed due to smaller NOx and the higher O3 /NOx ratios at the same ratio of VOC/NOx. In addition, this may also happen, since during the Arctic air advection, which was often observed during the lockdown period, the growth of ozone could be observed due to the downward flux of the ozone-rich air from the higher layers of the atmosphere. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Geography, Environment, Sustainability (E-Journal) Arctic Journal of Geophysical Research 108 D14

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