Air Quality During COVID-19 Lockdown in the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta: Two Different Responsive Mechanisms to Emission Reductions in China
Nan Wang, Jiawei Xu, Chenglei Pei, Rong Tang, Derong Zhou, Yanning Chen, Mei Li, Xuejiao Deng, Tao Deng, Xin Huang, Aijun Ding
Abstract
responses, indicating that future emission control shall be regionally specific, instead of one-size-fits-all cut. Overall, the importance of regionally coordinated and balanced control strategy for multiple pollutants is highly emphasized.
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