A34B:
Atmospheric Impacts of Emissions from the Unconventional Oil and Gas Sector I

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Session ID#: 33160

Session Description:
Increased development and exploitation of unconventional oil and gas resources in North America has raised concerns about the associated impact on the atmosphere. Studies in the last decade have indicated significant emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants from these sources. This session solicits presentations investigating emissions from the unconventional oil and gas sector to the atmosphere and their impact on air quality and climate, with a particular emphasis on recent field studies quantifying these emissions.
Primary Convener:  Ralf M Staebler, Environment Canada Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Conveners:  John Liggio, Environment Canada Toronto, Toronto, Canada and Scott C. Herndon, Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA, United States
Chairs:  John Liggio1, Ralf M Staebler1 and Scott C. Herndon2, (1)Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada(2)Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Ralf M Staebler, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Index Terms:

0322 Constituent sources and sinks [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0345 Pollution: urban and regional [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0368 Troposphere: constituent transport and chemistry [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
3307 Boundary layer processes [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Abigail Koss1,2, Bin Yuan3, Carsten Warneke4,5, Jessica Gilman2, Brian M Lerner6, Patrick R Veres2,4, Scott Joseph Eilerman2,4, Jeff Peischl4,7, Robert J Wild2,4, Steven S Brown8,9, Chelsea R Thompson2,10, Thomas B Ryerson11, Thomas F Hanisco12, Glenn M Wolfe13, Jason M St Clair14, Mitchell P Thayer15, Frank N Keutsch16, Shane M Murphy17 and Joost A de Gouw18,19, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)NOAA ESRL Chemical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland, (4)CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division, Boulder, United States, (6)Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, United States, (7)NOAA ESRL, Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (8)University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Boulder, CO, United States, (9)NOAA, Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (10)NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (11)NOAA/ESRL Chemical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO, United States, (12)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (13)Joint Center for Earth System Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, United States, (14)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (15)University of Wisconsin Madison, Chemistry, Madison, WI, United States, (16)Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States, (17)University of Wyoming, Atmospheric Science, Laramie, WY, United States, (18)University of Colorado Boulder - CIRES, Boulder, United States, (19)NOAA ESRL, Boulder, CO, United States
Mitchell P Thayer1, Frank N Keutsch2, Glenn Wolfe3, Jason M St Clair4, Thomas F Hanisco5, Kenneth C. Aikin6, Steven S Brown7, William Dubé6, Scott Joseph Eilerman6, Jessica Gilman6, Joost A de Gouw8, Abigail Koss6, Brian M Lerner9, J A Neuman6, Jeff Peischl6, Thomas B Ryerson10, Chelsea R Thompson11, Patrick R Veres6, Carsten Warneke6, Rebecca A Washenfelder10, Robert J Wild6, Caroline Womack10, Bin Yuan6 and Kyle J Zarzana12, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, Chemistry, Madison, WI, United States, (2)Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States, (3)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (6)CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)NOAA, Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (8)University of Colorado Boulder - CIRES, Boulder, United States, (9)Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, United States, (10)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (11)NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (12)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
John Liggio1, Shao-Meng Li1, Ralf M Staebler1, Katherine Lynne Hayden1, Richard L Mittermeier1, Robert McLaren2, Sabour Baray3, Andrea Darlington1, Doug Worthy4 and Jason O’Brien4, (1)Environment and Climate Change Canada, Air Quality Research Division, Toronto, ON, Canada, (2)York University, Toronto, ON, Canada, (3)Environment and Climate Change Canada, Climate Research Division, Toronto, ON, Canada, (4)Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Joseph R Roscioli, Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, MA, United States, Scott C. Herndon, Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA, United States, Tara Irene Yacovitch, Aerodyne Research Inc, Billerica, MA, United States, Walter B Knighton, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States, Daniel Zavala-Araiza, Environmental Defense Fund, International Scientist, Climate and Energy Program, Austin, United States, Matthew Johnson, Carleton University, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Ottawa, ON, Canada and David R Tyner, PhD, Carleton University, Energy & Emissions Research Lab (EERL), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Matthew Johnson, Carleton University, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Ottawa, ON, Canada, David R Tyner, PhD, Carleton University, Energy & Emissions Research Lab (EERL), Ottawa, ON, Canada, Stephen Conley, Scientific Aviation Inc., Boulder, CO, United States, Stefan Schwietzke, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Studies, Boulder, CO, United States and Daniel Zavala Araiza, Environmental Defense Fund, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tara Irene Yacovitch1, Conner Daube2, Timothy L Vaughn3, Clay Bell4, Joseph R Roscioli5, Walter B Knighton6, David D Nelson5, Daniel Zimmerle4, Gabrielle Petron7 and Scott C. Herndon5, (1)Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, United States, (2)Aerodyne Research Inc, Billerica, MA, United States, (3)Colorado State University, Energy Institute, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (4)Colorado State University, Energy Institute, Fort Collins, United States, (5)Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA, United States, (6)Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States, (7)CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States
Ralf M Staebler1, Shao-Meng Li2, John Liggio1, Doug Worthy1, Morgan Lopez3, Julie Narayan1 and Andrea Darlington1, (1)Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, (2)Environment and Climate Change Canada, Air Quality Research Division, Toronto, ON, Canada, (3)LSCE, Gif Sur Yvette, France