量化城市道路交通对空气质量的影响:疫情前和部分和完全封锁期间的活动

Nawaf S Alhajeri1, Fahad M Al-Fadhli2, Ahmed Aly2

  • 1Department of Environmental Technology Management, College of Life Sciences, Kuwait University, 13060, Safat, Kuwait. alhajeri.n@ku.edu.kw.

概括

科威特的COVID-19封锁措施显著减少了车辆行驶里程 (VMT) 的42.6%,导致NOx排放量减少了约38%,污染模式发生了转变.

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