Influence of oil and gas field operations on spatial and temporal distributions of atmospheric non-methane hydrocarbons and their effect on ozone formation in winter

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3527-3542

  Field, R A ^a   Soltis, J ^a   McCarthy, M C ^b   Murphy, S ^a   Montague, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GAS FIELD; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; NONMETHANE HYDROCARBON; OIL FIELD; OZONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WINTER;

GREEN BASIN; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84926040298     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-3527-2015     Document Type: Article

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