Measurement of atmospheric pollutants associated with oil and natural gas exploration and production activity in Pennsylvania's Allegheny National Forest

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1062-1072

  Pekney, Natalie J ^a   Veloski, Garret ^a   Reeder, Matthew ^a   Tamilia, Joseph ^b   Rupp, Erik ^c   Wetzel, Alan ^d  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Division of Natural Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; ETHANE; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; LOCATION; MONITORING; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL TANKS; POLLUTION DETECTION; PROVEN RESERVES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR QUALITY MONITORING; AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; BASE-LINE CONDITIONS; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY FUNCTION; MONITORING LOCATIONS; NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION;

NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION;

1,2,3 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; ACETYLENE; BENZENE; BUTANE; ETHANE; ETHYLBENZENE; ETHYLENE; HEPTANE; HEXANE; ISOPENTANE; META XYLENE; NATURAL GAS; NITRIC OXIDE; OCTANE; OIL; OZONE; PARA XYLENE; PENTANE; PROPANE; STYRENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; FOREST; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AIR QUALITY; ETHANE; FORESTRY; MONITORING; NATURAL GAS; POLLUTION; VOC;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PENNSYLVANIA; PETROLEUM; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 84905964450     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2014.897270     Document Type: Article

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