Impact of COVID-19 restrictive precautions on air quality: case of Zonguldak, Turkey

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dc.authoridATILGAN TURKMEN, Burcin/0000-0003-3220-3817
dc.authoridKOKLU, RABIA/0000-0003-1630-5290
dc.contributor.authorKoklu, Rabia
dc.contributor.authorTurkmen, Burcin Atilgan
dc.contributor.authorDeveci, Ece Ummu
dc.contributor.authorGonen, Cagdas
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T13:34:18Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T13:34:18Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentNiğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to investigate and assess how restrictive COVID-19 precautions affect air quality in Zonguldak, as well as to determine the relationship between air quality and meteorological variables under these conditions. Daily PM2.5, PM10, SO2, and NOx concentrations and meteorological data, from 1 March to 31 May 2018, 2019, and 2020 were collected for this research. During the 2020 restrictive COVID-19 precautions, it was determined that concentrations of air pollutants were different and low based on the 95% confidence interval by using paired t-test samples. Meteorological variables were found to be similar to previous years, and the correlation between them and air pollutants was found to be significant (P < 0.01) but low according to Pearson correlations. As a result, meteorological variables were determined to have no direct effect on the low concentrations of air quality emissions during the 2020 pandemic. The overall findings revealed that anthropogenic impact has a negative impact on air quality and the air quality had improved during the COVID pandemic. Furthermore, the restriction on the region's coalmines during the COVID-19 pandemic has significant impact on the improvement of air quality.
dc.identifier.doi10.1504/IJETM.2022.10046699
dc.identifier.endpage426
dc.identifier.issn1466-2132
dc.identifier.issn1741-511X
dc.identifier.issue5
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85140852282
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4
dc.identifier.startpage406
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1504/IJETM.2022.10046699
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11480/15911
dc.identifier.volume25
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000853402800004
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInderscience Enterprises Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Environmental Technology and Management
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241106
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectpandemic
dc.subjectair quality
dc.subjectPM10
dc.subjectPM25
dc.subjectNOx
dc.subjectSO2
dc.subjectZonguldak, Turkey
dc.titleImpact of COVID-19 restrictive precautions on air quality: case of Zonguldak, Turkey
dc.typeArticle

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