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Changes in air pollution during COVID-19 lockdown in Spain: a multi-city study

Carolina Belenguer-sapiñaÁNgel Serrano-arocaÁLvaro Briz-redón

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PollutionEnvironmental Engineering010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)media_common.quotation_subjectAir pollution010501 environmental sciencesmedicine.disease_cause01 natural sciencesArticlelockdownAir PollutionPandemicmedicineHumansEnvironmental ChemistrypollutionCitiesmeteorologySocioeconomicsAir quality indexPandemics0105 earth and related environmental sciencesMaximum pressuremedia_commonGeneral Environmental ScienceAir PollutantsSmall citySARS-CoV-2COVID-19General Medicineair qualityGeographySpainParticulate MatterEnvironmental Monitoring

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Highlights • Variations in air quality in terms of CO, SO2, PM10, O3 and NO2 levels were studied • The lockdown of Spain was not able to reduce severe air pollution in all its forms • Significant reductions of NO2 levels were achieved in most cities • Increases of O3 pollution levels were found in several cities

10.1016/j.jes.2020.07.029http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7402215