Aircraft-Based Estimate of Total Methane Emissions from the Barnett Shale Region

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 8124-8131

  Karion, Anna ^a,b   Sweeney, Colm ^a,b   Kort, Eric A ^c   Shepson, Paul B ^d   Brewer, Alan ^b   Cambaliza, Maria ^d,j   Conley, Stephen A ^e   Davis, Ken ^f   Deng, Aijun ^f   Hardesty, Mike ^a,b   Herndon, Scott C ^g   Lauvaux, Thomas ^f   Lavoie, Tegan ^d   Lyon, David ^h   Newberger, Tim ^a,b   Pétron, Gabrielle ^a,b   Rella, Chris ⁱ   Smith, MacKenzie ^c   Wolter, Sonja ^a,b   Yacovitch, Tara I ^g   Tans, Pieter ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Carbon Now Cast   (United States)

^g AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^h ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

ⁱ PICARRO INC   (United States)

^j ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; SHALE; SHALE OIL;

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING; METHANE EMISSIONS; NATURAL-GAS PRODUCTION; OIL AND NATURAL GAS; OIL OPERATIONS; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

GAS EMISSIONS;

METHANE; NATURAL GAS; AIR POLLUTANT;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; POLLUTION MONITORING; SHALE; URBAN AREA;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENERGY YIELD; GAS FIELD; GREENHOUSE GAS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHY; OIL AND GAS FIELD; SEDIMENT;

DALLAS; FORT WORTH; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIRCRAFT; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; TEXAS;

EID: 84936110175     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00217     Document Type: Article

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