卫星绘制全球空气质量的最新进展:在COVID-19大流行期间的证据

Venkatesh Dutta1, Saroj Kumar1, Divya Dubey1

  • 1Department of Environmental Science (DES), School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, 226025 India.

Environmental sustainability (Singapore)
|April 16, 2024
PubMed
概括

由于COVID-19的封锁,全球空气污染显著降低,全球范围内观察到二氧化 (NO2) 和二氧化硫 (SO2) 度显著下降. 卫星数据证实了这些空气质量改善,强调了受限制的工业和交通活动的影响.

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