Gas-phase broadband spectroscopy using active sources: progress, status, and applications

KC Cossel, EM Waxman, IA Finneran, GA Blake, J Ye… - JOSA B, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Broadband spectroscopy is an invaluable tool for measuring multiple gas-phase species
simultaneously. In this work we review basic techniques, implementations, and current …

Toward consistent methodology to quantify populations in proximity to oil and gas development: a national spatial analysis and review

ED Czolowski, RL Santoro, T Srebotnjak… - Environmental …, 2017 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Higher risk of exposure to environmental health hazards near oil and gas wells
has spurred interest in quantifying populations that live in proximity to oil and gas …

US surface ozone trends and extremes from 1980 to 2014: quantifying the roles of rising Asian emissions, domestic controls, wildfires, and climate

M Lin, LW Horowitz, R Payton, AM Fiore… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
US surface O 3 responds to varying global-to-regional precursor emissions, climate, and
extreme weather, with implications for designing effective air quality control policies. We …

[HTML][HTML] Childhood hematologic cancer and residential proximity to oil and gas development

LM McKenzie, WB Allshouse, TE Byers, EJ Bedrick… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Oil and gas development emits known hematological carcinogens, such as
benzene, and increasingly occurs in residential areas. We explored whether residential …

Source characterization of volatile organic compounds in the Colorado Northern Front Range Metropolitan Area during spring and summer 2015

A Abeleira, IB Pollack, B Sive, Y Zhou… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Hourly measurements of 46 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the Boulder
Atmospheric Observatory in Erie, CO, were collected over 16 weeks in spring and summer …

Long‐term (2005–2014) trends in formaldehyde (HCHO) columns across North America as seen by the OMI satellite instrument: Evidence of changing emissions of …

L Zhu, LJ Mickley, DJ Jacob, EA Marais… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Satellite observations of formaldehyde (HCHO) columns provide top‐down information on
emissions of highly reactive volatile organic compounds (VOCs). We examine the long‐term …

Differences between measured and reported volatile organic compound emissions from oil sands facilities in Alberta, Canada

SM Li, A Leithead, SG Moussa… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Large-scale oil production from oil sands deposits in Alberta, Canada has raised concerns
about environmental impacts, such as the magnitude of air pollution emissions. This paper …

An improved, automated whole air sampler and gas chromatography mass spectrometry analysis system for volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere

BM Lerner, JB Gilman, KC Aikin, EL Atlas… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - amt.copernicus.org
Volatile organic compounds were quantified during two aircraft-based field campaigns using
highly automated, whole air samplers with expedited post-flight analysis via a new custom …

[HTML][HTML] A flexible microbial co-culture platform for simultaneous utilization of methane and carbon dioxide from gas feedstocks

EA Hill, WB Chrisler, AS Beliaev, HC Bernstein - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
A new co-cultivation technology is presented that converts greenhouse gasses, CH 4 and
CO 2, into microbial biomass. The methanotrophic bacterium, Methylomicrobium …

Revisiting global fossil fuel and biofuel emissions of ethane

ZA Tzompa‐Sosa, E Mahieu, B Franco… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recent measurements over the Northern Hemisphere indicate that the long‐term decline in
the atmospheric burden of ethane (C2H6) has ended and the abundance increased …