Transcontinental methane measurements: Part 1. A mobile surface platform for source investigations

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 422-431

  Farrell, Paige ^a   Culling, Daniel ^a   Leifer, Ira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emission; Fire; Gas chromatography; Geologic methane; Greenhouse gas; La Brea tar pits; Methane; Seepage; South US; Southern California; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; RECREATIONAL VEHICLES; SMOKE VISUALIZATION; SOUTH US; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SURFACE PLATFORMS; VERTICAL PROFILING; VIBRATION REDUCTIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEFORESTATION; FIRES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE GASES; NEUTRON EMISSION; SEEPAGE; SURVEYS; TAR; WETLANDS;

METHANE;

METHANE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST FIRE; FRACTIONATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE GAS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHANE; NATURAL RESOURCE; SEEPAGE; SMOKE; VISUALIZATION; WETLAND;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FIRE; FOREST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE; UNITED STATES; VIBRATION; WETLAND;

CALIFORNIA; EMISSION; FLORIDA; FOREST FIRES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHANE; SATELLITES; WETLANDS;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; RANCHO LA BREA; SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878389757     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.02.014     Document Type: Article

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