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SUBMITTER: Diamond MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7461095 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Diamond Michael S MS Wood Robert R
Geophysical research letters 20200825 17
Following the emergence of a novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China instituted shutdown measures starting in late January and continuing into February 2020 to arrest the spread of disease. This resulted in a sharp economic contraction unparalleled in recent Chinese history. Satellite retrievals show that nitrogen dioxide pollution declined by an unprecedented amount (~50% regionally) from its expected unperturbed value, but regional-scale column aerosol loadings and cloud microphysical properties wer ...[more]