Covid-19 Outbreak and Interdisciplinary Research
Author : Atul Yadav and RK Giri
Abstract :
This interdisciplinary discussion paper is based on the satellite data analysis of aerosol load present in the atmosphere before and after the COVID-19 spread. From the analysis it is seen that the aerosol load present in the atmosphere due to many anthropogenic activities reduced appreciably. Authors have analysed last 20 years (2000-2019) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data sets derived Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) data at 550nm wavelength band. The AOD anomaly brought out from COVID-19 week shows appreciable reduction in AOD over the entire Indian sub-continent, except few pockets of Central and South West pockets India. This may be due to the delay in shutdown process of the industrial units present in these areas. This analysis is further brought out a message for future that we should use the air polluted resources judiciously.
Keywords :
Lock down, covid-19, aerosol optical depth (AOD)
