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Abrupt decline in tropospheric nitrogen dioxide over China after the outbreak of COVID-19
- View ORCID ProfileFei Liu1,2,*,
- View ORCID ProfileAaron Page3,
- View ORCID ProfileSarah A. Strode1,2,
- Yasuko Yoshida2,4,
- View ORCID ProfileSungyeon Choi2,4,
- View ORCID ProfileBo Zheng5,
- Lok N. Lamsal1,2,
- Can Li2,6,
- View ORCID ProfileNickolay A. Krotkov2,
- View ORCID ProfileHenk Eskes7,
- View ORCID ProfileRonald van der A7,8,
- View ORCID ProfilePepijn Veefkind7,9,
- Pieternel F. Levelt7,9,
- View ORCID ProfileOliver P. Hauser10,† and
- View ORCID ProfileJoanna Joiner2,†
- 1Universities Space Research Association (USRA), Columbia, MD 21046, USA.
- 2NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.
- 3Department of Management, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4PU, UK.
- 4Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD 20706, USA.
- 5Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif-sur-Yvette, UMR 8212, France.
- 6Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
- 7Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt 3731 GA, The Netherlands.
- 8Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST), No.219, Ningliu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R.China.
- 9Delft University of Technology, Delft 2628 CD, The Netherlands.
- 10Department of Economics, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4PU, UK.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: fliu{at}usra.edu
↵† These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Science Advances 10 Jul 2020:
Vol. 6, no. 28, eabc2992
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc2992
Vol. 6, no. 28, eabc2992
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc2992
Fei Liu
1Universities Space Research Association (USRA), Columbia, MD 21046, USA.
2NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.
Aaron Page
3Department of Management, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4PU, UK.
Sarah A. Strode
1Universities Space Research Association (USRA), Columbia, MD 21046, USA.
2NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.
Yasuko Yoshida
2NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.
4Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD 20706, USA.
Sungyeon Choi
2NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.
4Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD 20706, USA.
Bo Zheng
5Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif-sur-Yvette, UMR 8212, France.
Lok N. Lamsal
1Universities Space Research Association (USRA), Columbia, MD 21046, USA.
2NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.
Can Li
2NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.
6Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Nickolay A. Krotkov
2NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.
Henk Eskes
7Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt 3731 GA, The Netherlands.
Ronald van der A
7Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt 3731 GA, The Netherlands.
8Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST), No.219, Ningliu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R.China.
Pepijn Veefkind
7Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt 3731 GA, The Netherlands.
9Delft University of Technology, Delft 2628 CD, The Netherlands.
Pieternel F. Levelt
7Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt 3731 GA, The Netherlands.
9Delft University of Technology, Delft 2628 CD, The Netherlands.
Oliver P. Hauser
10Department of Economics, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4PU, UK.
Joanna Joiner
2NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.
