![]() PM 10 concentrations show the smallest response among air pollutants, attributable to manifold precursor sources not affected by the lockdown measures. Occasional site level increases in O 3 concentrations can be attributed to comparably weak titration during night-time. Changes in the O 3 concentrations at background sites show a rather weak response to NO x declines varying between roughly −18 to +8% for both the median and the upper tail of the distribution. Largest reductions are found for NO x reaching up to −68% at traffic sites reflecting the substantial decrease in non-essential transport. In general, our analysis shows decreasing pollutant concentrations, although in magnitude dependent on pollutant and regional subdomain. For air quality analysis a novel method is applied for filtering days with comparable weather conditions during the 2020 lockdown and spring 2017 to 2019. To ensure a robust analysis, the Austrian domain is divided into four individual subsectors contingent on regional climate. Here, we analyse the effect of these measures on ambient concentrations of nitrogen oxides (NO x), ozone (O 3) and particulate matter (PM 10) during the first nationwide lockdown in Austria ( to ). Many European countries including Austria issued partial curfews or stay-at-home order policies, which have impacted ambient air quality through reductions in non-essential transportation and energy consumption of industrial sites and work places. During spring 2020, unprecedented changes in local and regional emissions have occurred around the globe due to governmental restrictions associated with COVID-19. ![]()
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