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Research article
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08 Feb 2016
Research article |
| 08 Feb 2016
Oil and gas impacts on air quality in federal lands in the Bakken region: an overview of the Bakken Air Quality Study and first results
A. J. Prenni
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
National Park Service, Air Resources Division, Lakewood, CO, USA
D. E. Day
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado
State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
A. R. Evanoski-Cole
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort
Collins, CO, USA
B. C. Sive
National Park Service, Air Resources Division, Lakewood, CO, USA
A. Hecobian
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort
Collins, CO, USA
Y. Zhou
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort
Collins, CO, USA
K. A. Gebhart
National Park Service, Air Resources Division, Fort Collins, CO, USA
J. L. Hand
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado
State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
A. P. Sullivan
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort
Collins, CO, USA
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort
Collins, CO, USA
M. I. Schurman
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort
Collins, CO, USA
Y. Desyaterik
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort
Collins, CO, USA
W. C. Malm
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado
State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
J. L. Collett Jr.
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort
Collins, CO, USA
B. A. Schichtel
National Park Service, Air Resources Division, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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Short summary
The Bakken formation contains billions of barrels of oil and gas trapped in rock and shale. Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing methods have allowed for extraction of these resources, leading to exponential growth of oil production in the region. Along with this development has come an increase in associated emissions to the atmosphere. This paper describes a field study (BAQS) aimed at better understanding the impacts of these emissions on air quality in nearby federal lands.
The Bakken formation contains billions of barrels of oil and gas trapped in rock and shale....
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