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Determining air pollutant emission rates based on mass balance using airborne measurement data over the Alberta oil sands operations
Air Quality Process Research Section, Air Quality Research Division, Environment Canada, Toronto, Canada
currently at: Earth and Space Science and Engineering, York University, Toronto, Canada
Air Quality Process Research Section, Air Quality Research Division, Environment Canada, Toronto, Canada
R. Staebler
Air Quality Process Research Section, Air Quality Research Division, Environment Canada, Toronto, Canada
A. Darlington
Air Quality Process Research Section, Air Quality Research Division, Environment Canada, Toronto, Canada
K. Hayden
Air Quality Process Research Section, Air Quality Research Division, Environment Canada, Toronto, Canada
J. O'Brien
Air Quality Process Research Section, Air Quality Research Division, Environment Canada, Toronto, Canada
M. Wolde
National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada
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Short summary
Aircraft-based measurements of air pollutants from sources in the Canadian oil sands were made during a summer intensive field campaign in 2013. This paper describes the top-down emission rate retrieval algorithm (TERRA) to determine facility emissions of pollutants, using SO2 and CH4 as examples. Uncertainty of the emission rates estimated with TERRA is estimated as less than 30%, which is primarily due to the unknown SO2 and CH4 mixing ratios near the surface below the lowest flight level.
Aircraft-based measurements of air pollutants from sources in the Canadian oil sands were made...