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Reversal of global atmospheric ethane and propane trends largely due to US oil and natural gas production

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Helmig, Detlev, Rossabi, Samuel, Hueber, Jacques, Tans, Pieter, Montzka, Stephen A., Masarie, Ken, Thoning, Kirk, Plass-Duelmer, Christian +13 more·2016·Nature Geoscience
DOI 10.1038/ngeo2721
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  • Methane was substantially increased over the northern Red Sea, with enrichment methane to ethane ratios of 93 ± 77, considerably higher than the respective ratios observed over the Arabian Gulf (35 ± 23).

    “Methane in particular was substantially increased over the northern Red Sea, with an enrichment (i.e., subtracted backgrounds) methane to ethane ratios of 93 ± 77, considerably higher than the respective ratios observed over the Arabian Gulf (35 ± 23) that represents the high end of oil- and gas-processing-related ratios3.”

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Authors
Helmig, D., Rossabi, S., Hueber, J., Tans, P., Montzka, S. A., Masarie, K., Thoning, K., Plass-Duelmer, C., Claude, A., Carpenter, L. J., Lewis, A. C., Punjabi, S., Reimann, S., Vollmer, M. K., Steinbrecher, R., Hannigan, J. W., Emmons, L. K., Mahieu, E., Franco, B., Smale, D., & Pozzer, A.
Affiliations
  • Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (US)
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
  • Deutscher Wetterdienst (DE)
  • University of York (GB)
  • National Centre for Atmospheric Science (GB)
  • Empa (CH)
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)
  • NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
  • University of Liège (BE)
  • National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NZ)
  • Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (DE)
Corresponding author
Helmig, Detlev
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Venue
Nature Geoscience
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2016-06-13
Volume
9
Issue
7
Pages
490-495
ISSN
  • 1752-0894 (ISSN-L)
  • 1752-0908
DOI
10.1038/ngeo2721
OpenAlex
W2432489147
Cited by
217
References
56
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 27 · 2017: 25 · 2016: 6
FWCI
18.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Nature Geoscience (publishedVersion)
  • White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion)
  • DORA Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles) (submittedVersion)
  • Max Planck Digital Library (submittedVersion)
  • NOAA Institutional Repository (submittedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (DEAC02-05CH11231, 1108391)
  • U.S. Department of Energy (-AC02-05CH11231, 05CH11231, DE-AC02-)
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (DE-AC02-05CH11231)
  • California Energy Commission (DE-AC02-05CH11231)
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS
  • Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
  • Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
  • Université de Liège
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DE-AC02-05CH11231)
  • University of Colorado Boulder
  • Natural Environment Research Council (NE/M007146/1, DE-AC02-05CH11231, NE/N015630/1)
  • Bundesamt für Umwelt
  • Climate Program Office (AC4 Program)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
Keywords
ethane, propane, non-methane hydrocarbons, atmospheric trends, oil and gas production, Northern Hemisphere, tropospheric ozone precursors, methane leakage, surface ozone

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