Isotopic measurements of atmospheric methane in Los Angeles, California, USA: Influence of "fugitive" fossil fuel emissions

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Townsend Small, Amy ^a   Tyler, Stanley C ^b,c   Pataki, Diane E ^b   Xu, Xiaomei ^b   Christensen, Lance E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Earth System Science University of California ^*  (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGAS; FOSSIL FUELS; ISOTOPES; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; NATURAL GAS; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM REFINING; REFINING; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

ATMOSPHERIC METHANES; CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA , USA; CATTLE FEEDLOTS; DISCRETE SAMPLE; ENERGY NEEDS; FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS; GAS DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS; HIGH ALTITUDE; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC MEASUREMENT; LARGE CITIES; LOS ANGELES; OIL DRILLING; OIL REFINERIES; OIL REFINING; STABLE ISOTOPES; URBAN AIR; URBAN AREAS;

FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOSSIL FUEL; GAS PIPELINE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; STABLE ISOTOPE; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

BOS;

EID: 84859902593     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016826     Document Type: Article

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