Search Results - "SHEPSON, Paul B"
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Assessment of methane emissions from the U.S. oil and gas supply chain
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (13-07-2018)“…Methane emissions from the U.S. oil and natural gas supply chain were estimated by using ground-based, facility-scale measurements and validated with aircraft…”
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Direct detection of atmospheric atomic bromine leading to mercury and ozone depletion
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (16-07-2019)“…Bromine atoms play a central role in atmospheric reactive halogen chemistry, depleting ozone and elemental mercury, thereby enhancing deposition of toxic…”
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Reconciling divergent estimates of oil and gas methane emissions
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (22-12-2015)“…Published estimates of methane emissions from atmospheric data (top-down approaches) exceed those from source-based inventories (bottom-up approaches), leading…”
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Toward a better understanding and quantification of methane emissions from shale gas development
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (29-04-2014)“…The identification and quantification of methane emissions from natural gas production has become increasingly important owing to the increase in the natural…”
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Highly functionalized organic nitrates in the southeast United States: Contribution to secondary organic aerosol and reactive nitrogen budgets
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (09-02-2016)“…Speciated particle-phase organic nitrates (pONs) were quantified using online chemical ionization MS during June and July of 2013 in rural Alabama as part of…”
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Toward quantification and source sector identification of fossil fuel CO2 emissions from an urban area: Results from the INFLUX experiment
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Atmospheres (16-01-2015)“…The Indianapolis Flux Experiment (INFLUX) aims to develop and assess methods for quantifying urban greenhouse gas emissions. Here we use CO2, 14CO2, and CO…”
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pH-dependent production of molecular chlorine, bromine, and iodine from frozen saline surfaces
Published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics (11-04-2019)“…The mechanisms of molecular halogen production from frozen saline surfaces remain incompletely understood, limiting our ability to predict atmospheric…”
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Assessing the Methane Emissions from Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants and Oil Refineries
Published in Environmental science & technology (21-03-2017)“…Presently, there is high uncertainty in estimates of methane (CH4) emissions from natural gas-fired power plants (NGPP) and oil refineries, two major end users…”
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Modeling the Current and Future Roles of Particulate Organic Nitrates in the Southeastern United States
Published in Environmental science & technology (15-12-2015)“…Organic nitrates are an important aerosol constituent in locations where biogenic hydrocarbon emissions mix with anthropogenic NO x sources. While regional and…”
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Nitric acid photolysis on forest canopy surface as a source for tropospheric nitrous acid
Published in Nature geoscience (01-07-2011)“…Photolysis of nitrous acid generates hydroxyl radicals — a key atmospheric oxidant. Measurements at a forest in Michigan suggest that sunlight-induced…”
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Inland Sea Spray Aerosol Transport and Incomplete Chloride Depletion: Varying Degrees of Reactive Processing Observed during SOAS
Published in Environmental science & technology (05-09-2017)“…Multiphase reactions involving sea spray aerosol (SSA) impact trace gas budgets in coastal regions by acting as a reservoir for oxidized nitrogen and sulfur…”
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Active molecular iodine photochemistry in the Arctic
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (19-09-2017)“…During springtime, the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer undergoes frequent rapid depletions in ozone and gaseous elemental mercury due to reactions with…”
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A surface-stabilized ozonide triggers bromide oxidation at the aqueous solution-vapour interface
Published in Nature communications (26-09-2017)“…Oxidation of bromide in aqueous environments initiates the formation of molecular halogen compounds, which is important for the global tropospheric ozone…”
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Photochemical production of molecular bromine in Arctic surface snowpacks
Published in Nature geoscience (01-05-2013)“…Following the spring-time polar sunrise, ozone concentrations in the lower troposphere episodically decline to near-zero levels. Measurements on Alaskan snow…”
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Observations of bromine monoxide transport in the Arctic sustained on aerosol particles
Published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics (22-06-2017)“…The return of sunlight in the polar spring leads to the production of reactive halogen species from the surface snowpack, significantly altering the chemical…”
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Air-Snow Interactions and Atmospheric Chemistry
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (30-08-2002)“…The presence of snow greatly perturbs the composition of near-surface polar air, and the higher concentrations of hydroxyl radicals (OH) observed result in a…”
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High levels of molecular chlorine in the Arctic atmosphere
Published in Nature geoscience (01-02-2014)“…Chlorine radicals function as a strong atmospheric oxidant, particularly in polar regions, where levels of hydroxyl radicals are low. Measurements in the…”
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Aircraft measurement of HONO vertical profiles over a forested region
Published in Geophysical research letters (16-08-2009)“…Here we present the first HONO vertical profiles in the atmospheric boundary layer (BL) and the lower free troposphere (FT) over a forested region in northern…”
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Nontargeted Tandem Mass Spectrometry Analysis Reveals Diversity and Variability in Aerosol Functional Groups across Multiple Sites, Seasons, and Times of Day
Published in Environmental science & technology letters (11-02-2020)“…Organic aerosol (OA) is a complex mixture of compounds with diverse elemental and structural features, and its composition affects its health and environmental…”
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Bromine atom production and chain propagation during springtime Arctic ozone depletion events in Barrow, Alaska
Published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics (09-03-2017)“…Ozone depletion events (ODEs) in the Arctic are primarily controlled by a bromine radical-catalyzed destruction mechanism that depends on the efficient…”
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