Regional impacts of COVID-19 on carbon dioxide detected worldwide from space
Brad Weir, David Crisp, C. O’Dell, Sourish Basu, Abhishek Chatterjee, Jana Kolassa, Tomohiro Oda, Steven Pawson, Benjamin Poulter, Zhen Zhang, Philippe Ciais, Steven J. Davis, Zhu Liu, Lesley Ott
Abstract
over many of the world’s largest emitting regions was 0.14 to 0.62 parts per million less than expected in a pandemic-free scenario, consistent with reductions of 3 to 13% in annual global emissions. Current spaceborne technologies are therefore approaching levels of accuracy and precision needed to support climate mitigation strategies with future missions expected to meet those needs.
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Environmental scienceCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmospherePandemicGreenhouse gasClimate changeHuman healthCarbon dioxideClimatology2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Atmospheric sciencesMeteorologyGeographyOceanographyEcologyOutbreakGeologyBiologyEnvironmental healthDiseaseVirologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyMedicineAtmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsClimate Change and Health ImpactsCOVID-19 impact on air quality