To compare the improvement of air quality after quarantine (around March 20) with the air quality data of the same period in the past five years, GAM model or other models should be used to obtain the reduction amount (percentage) of four air quality indicators. Draw a series of graphs in R language, including a map showing air quality data (Los Angeles and New York), and a model test. Compare the air quality in these two cities.
Just write method and result, 3000 words long
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Assessing improvements in air quality due to Covid-19
Staff:
Gavin Shaddick
Dorka Fekete
Project outline:
Satellites has recorded substantial reductions in air pollution since the beginning of lockdowns
associated with Covid-19. This first part of this project will aim to quantify the possible
improvements in air quality over this time period by comparing current data with historical patterns
in different countries, and to assess spatial differences in any reductions. the second part, the
effect of any reductions in air pollution will be assessed in terms of health impacts in different
countries. An important part of this will be quantifying the uncertainty associated with changes in air
pollution and how this might feed through the calculations of the effects of health.