Main Title |
Non-urban hydrocarbon concentrations in ambient air north of Houston, Texas / |
Author |
Seila, Robert L.
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Other Authors |
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CORP Author |
Environmental Sciences Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. |
Publisher |
Environmental Sciences Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, |
Year Published |
1979 |
Report Number |
EPA-600/3-79-010 |
Stock Number |
PB-293 227 |
OCLC Number |
52642629 |
Additional Subjects |
Gas analysis ;
Hydrocarbons ;
Methane ;
Carbon monoxide ;
Vegetation ;
Sources ;
Air pollution ;
Sampling ;
Chemical analysis ;
Sites ;
Laboratory equipment ;
Concentration(Composition) ;
Gas chromatography ;
Texas ;
Houston(Texas) ;
Air pollution detection ;
Air pollution sampling
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EHAM |
EPA-600/3-79-010 |
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Region 1 Library/Boston,MA |
05/25/2016 |
EJBD |
EPA 600-3-79-010 |
c.1 |
Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
03/24/2014 |
EKBD |
EPA-600/3-79-010 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
07/18/2003 |
ELBD ARCHIVE |
EPA 600-3-79-010 |
Received from HQ |
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
10/04/2023 |
ELBD |
EPA 600-3-79-010 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
09/16/2016 |
ESAD |
EPA 600-3-79-010 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
03/23/2010 |
NTIS |
PB-293 227 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
viii, 30 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
Abstract |
In January 1978, a study was undertaken at Jones State Forest, 38 miles north of Houston, Texas, to determine the concentrations of non-methane hydrocarbons, methane, and carbon monoxide; to detail the composition of hydrocarbons (especially of the vegetation); and to discover the sources of non-methane hydrocarbons. Thirteen 3-hour integrated Tedlar bag samples and five grab samples using stainless steel cans were collected over a 39-hour period. The samples were returned to the Research Triangle Park laboratory for analysis, where the can samples showed lower non-methane hydrocarbon concentration values that did the bag samples. Sources of paraffins (72% of the non-methane hydrocarbons) and the other hydrocarbons were found to be: vehicular exhaust (35%), the forest's vegetation (2%), the city of Houston (22%), and the region between Houston and the forest (32%). Isoprene and alpha-pinene were the vegetative hydrocarbons noted, with the latter showing a distinctive 24-hour cycle of concentration variation. |
Notes |
"February 1979." "EPA-600/3-79-010." |