Air pollution impacts due to petroleum extraction in the Norwegian Sea during the ACCESS aircraft campaign

Emissions from oil/gas extraction activities in the Arctic are already important in certain regions and may increase as global warming opens up new opportunities for industrial development. Emissions from oil/gas extraction are sources of air pollutants, but large uncertainties exist with regard to...

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Published in:Elem Sci Anth
Main Authors: Tuccella, P., Thomas, Jennie, Law, K. S., Raut, J.-C., Marelle, Louis, Roiger, Anke, Weinzierl, Bernadett, Denier van der Gon, H. A. C., Schlager, Hans, Onishi, Tatsuo
Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
Language:German
Published: BioOne 2017
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Online Access:https://elib.dlr.de/115615/
https://elib.dlr.de/115615/1/Tucella-Roiger-etal-124-3112-1-PB.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.124
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Summary:Emissions from oil/gas extraction activities in the Arctic are already important in certain regions and may increase as global warming opens up new opportunities for industrial development. Emissions from oil/gas extraction are sources of air pollutants, but large uncertainties exist with regard to their amounts and composition. In this study, we focus on detailed investigation of emissions from oil/gas extraction in the Norwegian Sea combining measurements from the EU ACCESS aircraft campaign in July 2012 and regional chemical transport modeling.