Black Carbon Emissions from Associated Natural Gas Flaring

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 2075-2081

  Weyant, Cheryl L ^a   Shepson, Paul B ^b   Subramanian, R ^c   Cambaliza, Maria O L ^d   Heimburger, Alexie ^b   McCabe, David ^e   Baum, Ellen ^f   Stirm, Brian H ^g   Bond, Tami C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^e Clean Air Task Force   (United States)

^f Climate and Health Research Network   (United States)

^g PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATED GAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; GAS EMISSIONS; GASES; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NATURAL GAS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; SOOT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BILLION CUBIC METERS; BLACK CARBON EMISSION; CARBON BALANCE METHOD; EMISSION MEASUREMENT; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LIGHT ABSORBING AEROSOLS; MASS CONCENTRATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BLACK CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON; GAS; SOOT;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BLACK CARBON; CARBON EMISSION; NATURAL GAS; PHOTOMETER; SOOT;

ABSORPTION; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; PHOTOMETER; PLUME DISPERSION; SOOT; UNITED STATES; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; GAS; NORTH DAKOTA; OIL INDUSTRY;

NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GASES; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NORTH DAKOTA; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; SOOT;

EID: 84958292035     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04712     Document Type: Article

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