Summertime measurements of selected nonmethane hydrocarbons in the Arctic and Subarctic during the 1988 Arctic Boundary Layer Expedition (ABLE 3A)
Approximatley 1000 whole air samples were collected and assayed for selected C2-C5 hydrocarbons during the 6-week Arctic Boundary Layer Expedition (ABLE 3A). Transit flights enabled latitudinal (40°N to 83°N) and longitudinal (70°W to 155°W) profiles to be obtained for altitudes between 4000 and 600...
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ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org:ark:/13030/qt4vz9189j 2023-08-27T04:07:12+02:00 Summertime measurements of selected nonmethane hydrocarbons in the Arctic and Subarctic during the 1988 Arctic Boundary Layer Expedition (ABLE 3A) Blake, Donald R Hurst, Dale F Smith, Tyrrel W Whipple, Wayne J Chen, Tai‐Yih Blake, Nicola J Rowland, F Sherwood 16559 - 16588 1992-10-30 application/pdf https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4vz9189j unknown eScholarship, University of California qt4vz9189j https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4vz9189j CC-BY Journal of Geophysical Research, vol 97, iss D15 Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences article 1992 ftcdlib 2023-08-07T18:05:18Z Approximatley 1000 whole air samples were collected and assayed for selected C2-C5 hydrocarbons during the 6-week Arctic Boundary Layer Expedition (ABLE 3A). Transit flights enabled latitudinal (40°N to 83°N) and longitudinal (70°W to 155°W) profiles to be obtained for altitudes between 4000 and 6000m yielding summertime background mixing ratios for ethane, ethyne, propane and n-butane of 1050±200, 100±40, 120±80 and 10±8 pptv, respectively. Drilling associated with oil exploration in the Alaskan North Slope area is suggested to be a probable source of the enhanced levels of alkanes observed in the Arctic region within a radius in excess of 300km from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. A significant number of pollution plumes were encountered which could be attributed to wildfires. Factors describing the emissions caused by biomass burning relative to ethane for ethyne (0.40) and propane (0.08) were determined. -from Authors Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic north slope Prudhoe Bay Subarctic Alaska University of California: eScholarship Arctic |
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Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences Blake, Donald R Hurst, Dale F Smith, Tyrrel W Whipple, Wayne J Chen, Tai‐Yih Blake, Nicola J Rowland, F Sherwood Summertime measurements of selected nonmethane hydrocarbons in the Arctic and Subarctic during the 1988 Arctic Boundary Layer Expedition (ABLE 3A) |
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Approximatley 1000 whole air samples were collected and assayed for selected C2-C5 hydrocarbons during the 6-week Arctic Boundary Layer Expedition (ABLE 3A). Transit flights enabled latitudinal (40°N to 83°N) and longitudinal (70°W to 155°W) profiles to be obtained for altitudes between 4000 and 6000m yielding summertime background mixing ratios for ethane, ethyne, propane and n-butane of 1050±200, 100±40, 120±80 and 10±8 pptv, respectively. Drilling associated with oil exploration in the Alaskan North Slope area is suggested to be a probable source of the enhanced levels of alkanes observed in the Arctic region within a radius in excess of 300km from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. A significant number of pollution plumes were encountered which could be attributed to wildfires. Factors describing the emissions caused by biomass burning relative to ethane for ethyne (0.40) and propane (0.08) were determined. -from Authors |
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Blake, Donald R Hurst, Dale F Smith, Tyrrel W Whipple, Wayne J Chen, Tai‐Yih Blake, Nicola J Rowland, F Sherwood |
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Blake, Donald R Hurst, Dale F Smith, Tyrrel W Whipple, Wayne J Chen, Tai‐Yih Blake, Nicola J Rowland, F Sherwood |
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Blake, Donald R |
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Summertime measurements of selected nonmethane hydrocarbons in the Arctic and Subarctic during the 1988 Arctic Boundary Layer Expedition (ABLE 3A) |
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Summertime measurements of selected nonmethane hydrocarbons in the Arctic and Subarctic during the 1988 Arctic Boundary Layer Expedition (ABLE 3A) |
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Summertime measurements of selected nonmethane hydrocarbons in the Arctic and Subarctic during the 1988 Arctic Boundary Layer Expedition (ABLE 3A) |
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Summertime measurements of selected nonmethane hydrocarbons in the Arctic and Subarctic during the 1988 Arctic Boundary Layer Expedition (ABLE 3A) |
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Summertime measurements of selected nonmethane hydrocarbons in the Arctic and Subarctic during the 1988 Arctic Boundary Layer Expedition (ABLE 3A) |
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summertime measurements of selected nonmethane hydrocarbons in the arctic and subarctic during the 1988 arctic boundary layer expedition (able 3a) |
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