Nature Communications (Feb 2022)
Abrupt emissions reductions during COVID-19 contributed to record summer rainfall in China
- Yang Yang,
- Lili Ren,
- Mingxuan Wu,
- Hailong Wang,
- Fengfei Song,
- L. Ruby Leung,
- Xin Hao,
- Jiandong Li,
- Lei Chen,
- Huimin Li,
- Liangying Zeng,
- Yang Zhou,
- Pinya Wang,
- Hong Liao,
- Jing Wang,
- Zhen-Qiang Zhou
Affiliations
- Yang Yang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
- Lili Ren
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
- Mingxuan Wu
- Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Hailong Wang
- Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Fengfei Song
- Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- L. Ruby Leung
- Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (QNLM)
- Xin Hao
- Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters/Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education, Nanjing University for Information Science and Technology
- Jiandong Li
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
- Lei Chen
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
- Huimin Li
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
- Liangying Zeng
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
- Yang Zhou
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
- Pinya Wang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
- Hong Liao
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
- Jing Wang
- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Oceanic Meteorology, Tianjin Institute of Meteorological Science
- Zhen-Qiang Zhou
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Fudan University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28537-9
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
In the summer of 2020, China experienced record rainfall and flooding. Here, the authors investigate the connection between the rainfall and the abrupt decrease in emissions due to Covid-19 and find that the emission decrease may have contributed to the rainfall.
