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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2941-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2941-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
| 
16 Aug 2017
Research article |
| 16 Aug 2017
Observations of VOC emissions and photochemical products over US oil- and gas-producing regions using high-resolution H3O+ CIMS (PTR-ToF-MS)
Abigail Koss
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Chemical Sciences Division,
Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University
of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder,
CO, USA
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Chemical Sciences Division,
Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University
of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
now at: Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer
Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
Carsten Warneke
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Chemical Sciences Division,
Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University
of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Jessica B. Gilman
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Chemical Sciences Division,
Boulder, CO, USA
Brian M. Lerner
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Chemical Sciences Division,
Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University
of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
now at: Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA, USA
Patrick R. Veres
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Chemical Sciences Division,
Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University
of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Jeff Peischl
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Chemical Sciences Division,
Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University
of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Scott Eilerman
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Chemical Sciences Division,
Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University
of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Chemical Sciences Division,
Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University
of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Steven S. Brown
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Chemical Sciences Division,
Boulder, CO, USA
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder,
CO, USA
Chelsea R. Thompson
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Chemical Sciences Division,
Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University
of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Thomas Ryerson
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Chemical Sciences Division,
Boulder, CO, USA
Thomas Hanisco
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Glenn M. Wolfe
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland
Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Jason M. St. Clair
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland
Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Mitchell Thayer
University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Frank N. Keutsch
University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Department of
Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Shane Murphy
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
Joost de Gouw
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University
of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder,
CO, USA
Data sets
SONGNEX 2015 CSD Data Archive National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) https://esrl.noaa.gov/csd/groups/csd7/measurements/2015songnex/P3/DataDownload/
Short summary
Oil and gas extraction activity can cause air quality issues through emission of reactive chemicals. VOCs related to extraction operations in the United States were measured by PTR-ToF-MS from aircraft during the SONGNEX campaign in March–April 2015. The detailed analysis in this work provides a guide to interpreting PTR-ToF measurements in oil- and gas-producing regions, and it includes fundamental observations of VOC speciation and mixing ratios.
Oil and gas extraction activity can cause air quality issues through emission of reactive...
