TY - JOUR
T1 - Spatiotemporal Variations of Air Pollution during the COVID-19 Pandemic across Tehran, Iran
T2 - Commonalities with and Differences from Global Trends
AU - Maghrebi, Mohsen
AU - Danandeh Mehr, Ali
AU - Karrabi, Seyed Mohsen
AU - Sadegh, Mojtaba
AU - Partani, Sadegh
AU - Ghiasi, Behzad
AU - Nourani, Vahid
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors.
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic has induced changes in global air quality, mostly short-term improvements, through worldwide lockdowns and restrictions on human mobility and industrial enterprises. In this study, we explored the air pollution status in Tehran metropolitan, the capital city of Iran, during the COVID-19 outbreak. To this end, ambient air quality data (CO, NO2, O3, PM10, SO2, and AQI) from 14 monitoring stations across the city, together with global COVID-19-related records, were utilized. The results showed that only the annual mean concentration of SO2 increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, mainly due to burning fuel oil in power plants. The findings also demonstrated that the number of days with a good AQI has significantly decreased during the pandemic, despite the positive trend in the global AQI. Based on the spatial variation of the air quality data across the city, the results revealed that increasing pollution levels were more pronounced in low-income regions.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has induced changes in global air quality, mostly short-term improvements, through worldwide lockdowns and restrictions on human mobility and industrial enterprises. In this study, we explored the air pollution status in Tehran metropolitan, the capital city of Iran, during the COVID-19 outbreak. To this end, ambient air quality data (CO, NO2, O3, PM10, SO2, and AQI) from 14 monitoring stations across the city, together with global COVID-19-related records, were utilized. The results showed that only the annual mean concentration of SO2 increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, mainly due to burning fuel oil in power plants. The findings also demonstrated that the number of days with a good AQI has significantly decreased during the pandemic, despite the positive trend in the global AQI. Based on the spatial variation of the air quality data across the city, the results revealed that increasing pollution levels were more pronounced in low-income regions.
KW - air pollution
KW - AQI
KW - COVID-19
KW - Tehran
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85143754844&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/su142316313
DO - 10.3390/su142316313
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85143754844
VL - 14
JO - Sustainability (Switzerland)
JF - Sustainability (Switzerland)
IS - 23
M1 - 16313
ER -