Methane flux to the atmosphere from the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Yvon Lewis, Shari A ^a   Hu, Lei ^a   Kessler, John ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; SEAWATER;

AIR FLUX; CAVITY RING-DOWN; DEEP OCEAN; DEEPWATER; FLAME IONIZATION DETECTORS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS; LOW FLUX; METHANE FLUXES; MIXING RATIOS; OIL LEAKS; SURVEY AREA; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

METHANE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIRFLOW; BLOWOUT; DEEP SEA; DEEP WATER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHANE; MIXING RATIO; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEAWATER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROMETER; WELLHEAD;

EID: 78651316757     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045928     Document Type: Article

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