PTR-QMS versus PTR-TOF comparison in a region with oil and natural gas extraction industry in the Uintah Basin in 2013

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 411-420

  Warneke, C ^a,b   Veres, P ^a,b   Murphy, S M ^c   Soltis, J ^c   Field, R A ^c   Graus, M G ^a,b,e   Koss, A ^a,b   Li, S M ^d   Li, R ^a,b   Yuan, B ^a,b   Roberts, J M ^b   De Gouw, J A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; EXTRACTION; FIELD METHOD; NATURAL GAS; OXIDATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

UINTA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921752283     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-8-411-2015     Document Type: Article

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