1. Atmospheric oil and natural gas hydrocarbon trends in the Northern Colorado Front Range are notably smaller than inventory emissions reductions
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B. D. Hall, Molly Crotwell, Edward J. Dlugokencky, C. Siso, Arlyn E. Andrews, Detlev Helmig, Benjamin R. Miller, Russell C. Schnell, Stephen A. Montzka, Pieter P. Tans, J. Kofler, Sonja Wolter, Samuel J. Oltmans, Gabrielle Pétron, Hélène Angot, and Lucy Cheadle
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Atmospheric Science ,Environmental Engineering ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Ecology ,business.industry ,Range (biology) ,Front (oceanography) ,Geology ,010501 environmental sciences ,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology ,Oceanography ,Mole fraction ,01 natural sciences ,Methane ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Hydrocarbon ,chemistry ,Natural gas ,Propane ,TRACER ,Environmental chemistry ,Environmental science ,business ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
From 2008 to mid-2016, there was more than a 7-fold increase in oil production and nearly a tripling of natural gas production in the Colorado Denver–Julesburg Basin (DJB). This study utilized air samples collected at the Boulder Atmospheric Observatory (BAO) tower in southwestern Weld County in the DJB to investigate atmospheric mole fraction trends of methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Elevated methane and propane mole fractions and low values (
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- 2021