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Pekney NJ, Veloski G, Reeder M, Tamilia J, Rupp E, Wetzel A. Measurement of atmospheric pollutants associated with oil and natural gas exploration and production activity in Pennsylvania's Allegheny National Forest. JOURNAL OF THE AIR & WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (1995) 2014; 64:1062-1072. [PMID: 25283004 DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2014.897270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2013] [Accepted: 02/18/2014] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Oil and natural gas exploration and production (E&P) activities generate emissions from diesel engines, compressor stations, condensate tanks, leaks and venting of natural gas, construction of well pads, and well access roads that can negatively impact air quality on both local and regional scales. A mobile, autonomous air quality monitoring laboratory was constructed to collect measurements of ambient concentrations of pollutants associated with oil and natural gas E&P activities. This air-monitoring laboratory was deployed to the Allegheny National Forest (ANF) in northwestern Pennsylvania for a campaign that resulted in the collection of approximately 7 months of data split between three monitoring locations between July 2010 and June 2011. The three monitoring locations were the Kane Experimental Forest (KEF) area in Elk County, which is downwind of the Sackett oilfield; the Bradford Ranger Station (BRS) in McKean County, which is downwind of a large area of historic oil and gas productivity; and the U.S. Forest Service Hearts Content campground (HC) in Warren County, which is in an area relatively unimpacted by oil and gas development and which therefore yielded background pollutant concentrations in the ANF. Concentrations of criteria pollutants ozone and NO2 did not vary significantly from site to site; averages were below National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) associated with oil and natural gas (ethane, propane, butane, pentane) were highly correlated. Applying the conditional probability function (CPF) to the ethane data yielded most probable directions of the sources that were coincident with known location of existing wells and activity. Differences between the two impacted and one background site were difficult to discern, suggesting the that the monitoring laboratory was a great enough distance downwind of active areas to allow for sufficient dispersion with background air such that the localized plumes were not detected. Implications: Monitoring of pollutants associated with oil and natural gas exploration and production activity at three sites within the Allegheny National Forest (ANF) showed only slight site-to-site differences even with one site far removed from these activities. However, the impact was evident not in detection of localized plumes but in regional elevated ethane concentrations, as ethane can be considered a tracer species for oil and natural gas activity. The data presented serve as baseline conditions for evaluation of impacts from future development of Marcellus or Utica shale gas reserves.
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Goldman A, Murcray FJ, Murcray FH, Murcray DG, Rinsland CP. Measurements of several atmospheric gases above the South Pole in December 1986 from high-resolution 3- to 4-μm solar spectra. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jd093id06p07069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Goldman A, Murcray FJ, Blatherwick RD, Kosters JJ, Murcray FH, Murcray DG, Rinsland CP. New spectral features of stratospheric trace gases identified from high-resolution infrared balloon-borne and laboratory spectra. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jd094id12p14945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Rinsland CP, Chiou LS, Boone C, Bernath P. Carbon dioxide retrievals from Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment solar occultation measurements. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2009jd012081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Affiliation(s)
- M. Herman
- a Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Moléculaire, C.P. 160 , Université Libre de Bruxelles , Avenue Roosevelt 50, 1050 , Bruxelles , Belgium
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- a Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Moléculaire, C.P. 160 , Université Libre de Bruxelles , Avenue Roosevelt 50, 1050 , Bruxelles , Belgium
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- a Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Moléculaire, C.P. 160 , Université Libre de Bruxelles , Avenue Roosevelt 50, 1050 , Bruxelles , Belgium
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- a Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Moléculaire, C.P. 160 , Université Libre de Bruxelles , Avenue Roosevelt 50, 1050 , Bruxelles , Belgium
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Zhao Y. Spectroscopic measurements of tropospheric CO, C2H6, C2H2, and HCN in northern Japan. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1029/2001jd000748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Rinsland CP, Meier A, Griffith DWT, Chiou LS. Ground-based measurements of tropospheric CO, C2H6, and HCN from Australia at 34°S latitude during 1997-1998. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1029/2000jd000318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Voss PB, Stimpfle RM, Cohen RC, Hanisco TF, Bonne GP, Perkins KK, Lanzendorf EJ, Anderson JG, Salawitch RJ, Webster CR, Scott DC, May RD, Wennberg PO, Newman PA, Lait LR, Elkins JW, Bui TP. Inorganic chlorine partitioning in the summer lower stratosphere: Modeled and measured [ClONO2]/[HCl] during POLARIS. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1029/2000jd900494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Gupta ML, Cicerone RJ, Blake DR, Rowland FS, Isaksen ISA. Global atmospheric distributions and source strengths of light hydrocarbons and tetrachloroethene. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1029/98jd02645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Rinsland CP, Jones NB, Connor BJ, Logan JA, Pougatchev NS, Goldman A, Murcray FJ, Stephen TM, Pine AS, Zander R, Mahieu E, Demoulin P. Northern and southern hemisphere ground-based infrared spectroscopic measurements of tropospheric carbon monoxide and ethane. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1029/98jd02515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Brown LR, Gunson MR, Toth RA, Irion FW, Rinsland CP, Goldman A. 1995 Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS) linelist. APPLIED OPTICS 1996; 35:2828-2848. [PMID: 21085431 DOI: 10.1364/ao.35.002828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS) experiment uses a Fourier-transform spectrometer on board the Space Shuttle to record infrared solar occultation spectra of the atmosphere at 0.01-cm(-1) resolution. The current version of the molecular spectroscopic database used for the analysis of the data obtained during three Space Shuttle missions between 1992 and 1994 is described. It is an extension of the effort first described by Brown et al. [Appl. Opt. 26, 5154 (1987)] to maintain an up-to-date database for the ATMOS experiment. The three-part ATMOS compilation contains line parameters of 49 molecular species between 0 and 10000 cm(-1). The main list, with nearly 700,000 entries, is an updated version of the HITRAN 1992 database. The second compilation contains supplemental line parameters, and the third set consists of absorption cross sections to represent the unresolvable features of heavy molecules. The differences between the ATMOS database and other public compilations are discussed.
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Rinsland CP, Jones NB, Matthews WA. Infrared spectroscopic measurements of the total column abundance of ethane (C2H6) above Lauder, New Zealand. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1994. [DOI: 10.1029/94jd02386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Apel EC, Calvert JG, Fehsenfeld FC. The Nonmethane Hydrocarbon Intercomparison Experiment (NOMHICE): Tasks 1 and 2. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1994. [DOI: 10.1029/94jd00086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Norton RH, Rinsland CP. ATMOS data processing and science analysis methods. APPLIED OPTICS 1991; 30:389-400. [PMID: 20582004 DOI: 10.1364/ao.30.000389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The ATMOS (atmospheric trace molecule spectroscopy) instrument, a high speed Fourier transform spectrometer operating in the middle IR (2.2-16 microm), recorded more than 1500 solar spectra at approximately 0.0105-cm(-1) resolution during its first mission onboard the shuttle Challenger in the spring of 1985. These spectra were acquired during high sun conditions for studies of the solar atmosphere and during low sun conditions for studies of the earth's upper atmosphere. This paper describes the steps by which the telemetry data were converted into spectra suitable for analysis, the analysis software and methods developed for the atmospheric and solar studies, and the ATMOS data analysis facility.
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Ehhalt DH, Schmidt U, Zander R, Demoulin P, Rinsland CP. Seasonal cycle and secular trend of the total and tropospheric column abundance of ethane above the Jungfraujoch. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.1029/90jd02229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hough AM. Development of a two-dimensional global tropospheric model: Model chemistry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.1029/90jd01327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Rinsland CP, Goldman A, Murcray FJ, Murcray FH, Blatherwick RD, Murcray DG. Infrared measurements of atmospheric gases above Mauna Loa, Hawaii, in February 1987. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1988. [DOI: 10.1029/jd093id10p12607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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High resolution infrared spectroscopy of the sun and the earth's atmosphere from space. Mikrochim Acta 1987. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01201690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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