Digital Paper Trail February 24 , 2021

Atmosphere changes during Lockdown ( still thinking of a title)

Topic : Atmosphere changes due to the Pandemic. Meaning air quality , ozone levels , and
the emissions that influence those things. Specifically looking at the relationships between the
emissions and the atmosphere during the pandemic.

Research questions
Overall question
- How has the atmosphere been impacted due to a lockdown around the world ?

Specific questions for my planning that will help me address the overall question of the
research.
- How the air quality of many countries and globally have changed during the
lockdown ?( specific to the overall )
- Has the ozone level decreased , increased , or stayed the same during the
pandemic ?(specific)
- How has the emissions been affected ? ( asking how the emissions changed during the
pandemic makes the audience understand why has the atmosphere has been impacted for the best
( specific)
or for the worst.)
- Are the benefits of the COVID-19 impacts to the atmosphere going to be
temporary or lasting ?

Keywords :
-Atmosphere changes during COVID-19
- Air quality during Lockdown
- troposphere changes during lockdown
- ozone level in Pandamic
- Nasa atmosphere.
 Sources
1. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00128-020-02907-9
- Explains the reductions of top emissions and its relation to vehicles during lockdown.

2.https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10668-020-01167-1
- Level of emissions ( black carbon ) during lockdown ( don’t think it's gonna be useful for
my research but nonetheless still important for researching changes in emissions.

3.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720335257
- It focuses more on COVID-19 but there’s some info that could be used about the atmosphere in
Italy.

4. . https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/atmosphere/

- Explaining atmosphere facts for the introduction

5. . https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-020-0535-z
- “ The complex chemical effects of COVID-19 shutdowns on air quality”

6.. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1309104220302567
- Lockdown relationships with ozone level and the emissions / photochemistry.

7. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11869-020-00958-9
- Ozone trends

8. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/14/5067/htm
- Air quality during lockdown of 5 different cities and explanation.

9. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15275922.2020.1784313
- “reduction in troposphere NO2 in two cities of Morocco during COVID-19 lockdown”

10. https://www.epa.gov/no2-pollution/basic-information-about-no2
- Information of NO2 to better understand the impacts.

11. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7430997/
- Air pollution around the world lessens/declines.

12. https://repositorio.aemet.es/handle/20.500.11765/12605
- Ozone decreases in the troposphere ??? note to self : need to check if it's reliable.

13. https://peerj.com/articles/9642/
- Air quality improved in Iindia during lockdown.
14. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13753 ( video) / emissions

15. https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.00700
- “ The Improvement of the Air Quality due to Traffic Halting in Los Angeles and Potential Health
Care Risk during the COVID-19 Outbreak”

16. https://www.science.org.au/curious/earth-environment/what-impact-will-covid-19-have-environment
- Will the benefits last ? , the benefits , and importance.

17. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9241144
Looking at a 2phase of lockdown to see if the benefits continue with a slight increase of traffic.

18. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00484-020-02019-3
- Looking at all phases of the lockdown before and after.

19. https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/earth-heats-up-due-to-pandemics-cleaner-air-study-finds/
- It is about the earth heating up but could be useful to measure the benefits and negatives of
clearer air due to the atmosphere having fewer pollution.

20.https://scitechdaily.com/potentially-damaging-surface-ozone-levels-rose-in-covid-lockdown/
- Air quality got better but potentially causing another problem to the atmosphere/ people’s
surrounding. Rise in 03

21. Goldbaum, Elizabeth. “New Projects Explore Connections Between COVID-19 and the

Environment.” NASA, NASA, 2 Sept. 2020, www.nasa.gov/feature/esd/2020/new-projects-explore-

connections-between-environment-and-covid-19.

- Many diff impacts to the environment , talks about air quality and etc.

22. “Before and after Coronavirus as Humans Lockdown, the Planet’s Air Clears.” YouTube, uploaded by

Al Arabiya English, 20 Apr. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoCMxOGbZSo.

- The Before vs After lockdown

23. Gray, Ellen. “Model Shows Extent COVID-Related Pollution Levels Deviated from Norm.” NASA,

17 Nov. 2020, www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/nasa-model-reveals-how-much-covid-related-

pollution-levels-deviated-from-the-norm.
24. “Lower Atmosphere Ozone Dropped 7% during COVID-19 Pandemic, Study Finds.” AGU

Newsroom, 17 Feb. 2021, news.agu.org/press-release/lower-atmosphere-ozone-dropped-7-during-covid-

19-pandemic-study-finds/#.YC06rgcTlss.twitter.

- Ozone dropped 7 percent during lockdown during pandemic.

25.“Coronavirus and Air Pollution.” C-CHANGE | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 10 Nov.

2020, www.hsph.harvard.edu/c-change/subtopics/coronavirus-and-pollution.

- Pollutions , air quality , and covid-19

- Health hazards.

26. C&EN, 20 Sept. 2020, cen.acs.org/environment/atmospheric-chemistry/COVID-19-lockdowns-had-

strange-effects-on-air-pollution-across-the-globe/98/i37.

- Air pollution decreases and other changes that scientists are looking at.

27..Mostafa, Mohamed K, et al. “The Impact of COVID 19 on Air Pollution Levels and Other

Environmental Indicators - A Case Study of Egypt.” Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier

Ltd., 1 Jan. 2021, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7547608/.

- Impacts of the lockdown to the atmosphere in Egypt and other environmental factors.

28.. Venter, Zander S., et al. “COVID-19 Lockdowns Cause Global Air Pollution Declines.” PNAS,

National Academy of Sciences, 11 Aug. 2020, www.pnas.org/content/117/32/18984.

- “COVID-19 lockdowns cause global air pollution declines”

29..“COVID-19 Impact on Asian Emissions: Insight from Space Observations: Atmospheric

Chemistry Observations & Modeling (ACOM).” Atmospheric Chemistry Observations &

 Modeling,www2.acom.ucar.edu/news/covid-19-impact-asian-emissions-insight-space-

observations.

https://www2.acom.ucar.edu/news/covid-19-impact-asian-emissions-insight-space-observations

- Asia impacts of lockdown of emissions

30.. COVID‐19 Crisis Reduces Free Tropospheric Ozone across the Northern Hemisphere ,

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2020GL091987.

- Crisis Reduces Free Tropospheric Ozone across the Northern Hemisphere