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Quantification of emission changes is a prerequisite for the assessment of control effectiveness in improving air quality However, the traditional bottom-up method for characterizing emissions requires detailed investigation of emissions data (e g , activity and other emission parameters) that usually takes months to perform and limits timely assessments Here we propose a novel method to address this issue by using a response model that provides real-time estimation of emission changes based on air quality observations in combination with emission-concentration response functions derived from chemical transport modeling We applied the new method to quantify the emission changes on the North China Plain (NCP) due to the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, which overlapped the Spring Festival (also known as Chinese New Year) holiday Results suggest that the anthropogenic emissions of NO2,SO2, volatile organic compound (VOC) and primary PM2 5 on the NCP were reduced by 51 %, 28 %, 67 % and 63 %, respectively, due to the COVID-19 shutdown, indicating longer and stronger shutdown effects in 2020 compared to the previous Spring Festival holiday The reductions of VOC and primary PM2 5 emissions are generally effective in reducing O3 and PM2 5 concentrations However, such air quality improvements are largely offset by reductions inNOx emissions NOx emission reductions lead to increases inO3 and PM2 5 concentrations on the NCP due to the strongly VOC-limited conditions in winter A strong NH3-rich condition is also suggested from the air quality response to the substantial NOx emission reduction Well-designed control strategies are recommended based on the air quality response associated with the unexpected emission changes during the COVID-19 period In addition, our results demonstrate that the new response-based inversion model can well capture emission changes based on variations in ambient concentrations and thereby illustrate the great potential for improving the accuracy and efficiency of bottom-up emission inventory methods
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