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DOI	10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.117231
	Impact of natural gas production on nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide over Northeast British Columbia; Canada
	Islam S.M.N.; Jackson P.L.; Kharol S.K.; McLinden C.A.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	13522310
卷号	223
英文摘要	Northeast British Columbia (BC) Canada, is a region in which natural gas production has undergone rapid development since 2007. We used nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulphur dioxide (SO2) data products of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) to assess the impact of natural gas development activity on air quality in this region from 2005 to 2018. We noticed that values of both pollutants were elevated in the immediate vicinity of large emission sources within the Montney formation and Horn River Basin – regions, which have experienced an increase in unconventional natural gas activities. Places with elevated NO2 Vertical Column Densities (VCDs) are Fort St. John, Taylor, and Dawson Creek located in the Montney formation, and higher SO2 VCDs are found near the Fort Nelson gas plant situated in the Horn River and Liard Basin areas. Although all the OMI data products consistently reported relatively high NO2 VCDs in the same areas, VCD values vary substantially with data products largely due to differences in Air Mass Factor (AMF) calculations. The rate of increase in NO2 VCDs and mass between 2005 and 2018 in the Dawson Creek area was assessed at 2.34% yr−1 and 4.32% yr−1, respectively, and these rates of change are statistically significant. Although we obtained an overall increasing trend for NO2 in Northeast BC, we also noticed a decreasing trend in the period of 2011–2013, which may be attributed, in part, to compliance and enforcement of regulations concerning flaring activities from oil and gas activities in Northeast BC, or due to less development activities. From our analysis, we suggest that the current air quality monitoring network in Northeast BC should be expanded to capture the spatial distribution of SO2 by deploying one additional station near Fort Nelson equipped with meteorology and SO2 monitoring systems. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Air quality; Dawson Creek; Fort Nelson; Liquefied natural gas; Montney formation; Natural gas; Ozone monitoring instrument
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Air quality; Gases; Liquefied natural gas; Natural gas; Natural gas well production; Natural gasoline plants; Nitrogen oxides; Ozone; Sulfur determination; Ultraviolet spectrometers; Air quality monitoring networks; Dawson Creek; Enforcement of regulations; Fort Nelson; Montney formation; Ozone monitoring instruments; Unconventional natural gas; Vertical column densities; Sulfur dioxide; natural gas; nitrogen dioxide; oil; ozone; sulfur dioxide; air mass; air quality; atmospheric pollution; compliance; gas production; nitrogen dioxide; ozone; spatial distribution; sulfur dioxide; trend analysis; air monitoring; air pollutant; air pollution; air quality; ambient air; British Columbia; concentration (parameter); density; environmental impact; gas flaring; law enforcement; legal aspect; priority journal; river basin; satellite imagery; temporal analysis; time series analysis; trend study; troposphere; British Columbia; Canada; Dawson Creek; Fort Nelson; Horn Basin; Liard Basin; St John
来源期刊	Atmospheric Environment
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/145163
作者单位	Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Institute, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia V2N 4Z9, Canada; Department of Environmental Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, 1342, Bangladesh; Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Islam S.M.N.,Jackson P.L.,Kharol S.K.,et al. Impact of natural gas production on nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide over Northeast British Columbia; Canada[J],2020,223.
APA	Islam S.M.N.,Jackson P.L.,Kharol S.K.,&McLinden C.A..(2020).Impact of natural gas production on nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide over Northeast British Columbia; Canada.Atmospheric Environment,223.
MLA	Islam S.M.N.,et al."Impact of natural gas production on nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide over Northeast British Columbia; Canada".Atmospheric Environment 223(2020).