Photochemical aging of volatile organic compounds associated with oil and natural gas extraction in the Uintah Basin, UT, during a wintertime ozone formation event

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 5727-5741

  Koss, A R ^a,b   De Gouw, J ^a,b   Warneke, C ^a,b   Gilman, J B ^a,b   Lerner, B M ^a,b   Graus, M ^a,b,e   Yuan, B ^a,b   Edwards, P ^a,b,f   Brown, S S ^b   Wild, R ^a,b   Roberts, J M ^b   Bates, T S ^c,d   Quinn, P K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

UINTA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84934880828     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-5727-2015     Document Type: Article

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