The government’s lockdown and restriction to slow down the spread of the COVID-19 virus has lead to a sudden decrease in emissions that are unprecedented in the last decades.
A COVID-19 Air Quality Data Collection has been initiated by Forschungszentrum Jülich) , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). It is an interactive website that documents the impact of the COVID-19 lockdowns on urban air quality around the world. Currently, 150 publications on 838 measurements are made available through this web site.
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