id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-313420-ubm8j1xe Wang, Pengfei Severe air pollution events not avoided by reduced anthropogenic activities during COVID-19 outbreak 2020-07-31 .txt text/plain 4720 283 58 Compared with the case without emission change (Case 1), Case 3 predicted that PM2.5 concentrations decreased by up to 20% with absolute decreases of 5.35, 6.37, 9.23, 10.25, 10.30, 12.14, 12.75, 14.41, 18.00 and 30.79 μg/m3 in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, Jinan, Taiyuan, Xi'an, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, respectively. In high-pollution days with PM2.5 greater than 75 μg/m3, the reductions of PM2.5 in Case 3 were 7.78, 9.51, 11.38, 13.42, 13.64, 14.15, 14.42, 16.95 and 22.08 μg/m3 in Shanghai, Jinan, Shijiazhuang, Beijing, Taiyuan, Xi'an, Tianjin, Zhengzhou and Wuhan, respectively. This study highlights that large emissions reduction in transportation and slight reduction in industrial would not help avoid severe air pollution in China, especially when meteorology is unfavorable. In order to investigate the effect of reduced anthropogenic activities on air pollution, three simulation scenarios were performed and compared (Table 1) the Case 1, Case 2 had a decrease of 40% and 20% in transportation and industry emission, respectively. ./cache/cord-313420-ubm8j1xe.txt ./txt/cord-313420-ubm8j1xe.txt