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Volume 20 No 8 (2022)
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Carbon monoxide (CO) levels after COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador
Betty Beatriz González Osorio , Roberto Johan Barragán Monrroy , Luis Simba Ochoa , Byron Oviedo Bayas
Abstract
Due to the high contagion and mortality caused by COVID-19, the government of Ecuador and the rest of
the world adopted measures to combat the pandemic, causing unexpected consequences in air quality,
due to the restrictions implemented. The objective of this study was to evaluate variations in
tropospheric carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations in the cantons of Ecuador, before (2019) and during
(2020) the COVID-19 pandemic. Atmospheric data were obtained from the European Space Agency's
Sentinel 5-P TROPOMI. It was observed that carbon monoxide concentrations in the first days of
quarantine decreased by about 13%, however, these levels were momentary, for the rest of the year
2020 carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations were higher by 5% compared to 2019.
Keywords
COVID-19, Carbon monoxide, Sentinel 5-P, Pandemic.
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