Table 3.
PM2.5 and PM10 mass concentrations (μg/m3) for the curfew and non curfew during the lockdown (22 March–10 May 2020): Before and after removing ‘dust effect’.
| Dust Effect | Period | Mean | Median | Minimum | Maximum | SD | Wilcoxon* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | Before | Curfew | 30.2 | 26.6 | 8.6 | 93.7 | 14.7 |
z = 0.825, sig. = 0.409 |
| Non curfew | 38.4 | 27.3 | 9.5 | 404.1 | 57.1 | |||
|
After |
Curfew | 27.2 | 25.8 | 8.6 | 58.7 | 10.6 |
z = 0.666, sig. = 0.431 |
|
| Non curfew | 26.8 | 23.0 | 9.5 | 47.5 | 10.8 | |||
|
PM10 |
Before |
Curfew | 109.9 | 90.1 | 44.7 | 447.3 | 81.4 |
z = 2.302, sig. = 0.021** |
| Non curfew | 149.2 | 95.5 | 41.4 | 1278.0 | 209.4 | |||
|
After |
Curfew | 83.3 | 70.9 | 44.7 | 150.3 | 32.4 |
z = 0.624, sig. = 0.490 |
|
| Non curfew | 82.5 | 73.6 | 41.4 | 155.8 | 30.7 |
* Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-ranks test; ** p -value ≤0.05.