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(a) Dominant land cover types in the study domain (74°E, 27°N--80°E, 30°N) are urban areas, croplands and desert shrublands. (b) Timeline of lockdown policies, where BAU refers to business-as-usual conditions (for details see Table S1). (c) Mean NO2 column density (TROPOMI) during February 1 to March 20, 2020. Representative location of an urban area (Delhi) and rural background (Fatehabad) is shown in black box, in addition to other prominent emission sources (power-plant at Dadri and Harduaganj and an industrial cluster at Panipat) marked in a triangle. Figures generated using 'Cartopy' version 0.16 and 'Rasterio' version 1.2 modules of Python 3.6 (https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-360/).

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Misra P. et al., 2021, <em>Scientific Reports</em>, Springer Nature doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87673-2

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