Main Title |
Fine-Particle Sodium Tracer for Long-Range Transport of the Kuwaiti Oil-Fire Smoke. |
Author |
Lowenthal, D. H. ;
Borys, R. D. ;
Rogers, C. F. ;
Chow, J. C. ;
Stevens, R. K. ;
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CORP Author |
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Lab. ;Nevada Univ. System, Reno. Desert Research Inst. ;Maryland Univ., College Park. Dept. of Chemistry. |
Publisher |
c23 Apr 93 |
Year Published |
1993 |
Report Number |
EPA/600/J-94/238; |
Stock Number |
PB94-170107 |
Additional Subjects |
Fires ;
Sodium ;
Tracer techniques ;
Environmental transport ;
Air pollution ;
Kuwait ;
Oil wells ;
Aerosols ;
Sodium chloride ;
Smoke ;
Air pollution monitoring ;
Atmospheric composition ;
Path of pollutants ;
Climate models ;
Vanadium ;
Zinc ;
Diagnostic techniques ;
Combustion products ;
Covariance ;
Plumes ;
Forecasting ;
Reprints ;
MLO(Mauna Loa Observatory)
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Holdings |
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Additional Info |
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Last Modified |
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NTIS |
PB94-170107 |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
5p |
Abstract |
Evidence for long-range transport of the Kuwaiti oil-fire smoke during the months following the Persian Gulf War has been more or less indirect. However, more-recent data on the aerosol chemistry of Kuwaiti oil-fire plumes provides a direct link between those fires and aerosols collected at the Mauna Loa Observatory (MLO) during the late spring and summer of 1991. By itself, temporal covariation of fine-particle concentrations of elemental carbon, sulfur, and the noncrustal V/Zn ratio in MLO aerosols suggested a link to large-scale oil-combustion sources, but not necessarily to Kuwait. However, high concentrations of fine-particle (0.1-1.0 microm diameter) NaCl were observed in the 'white' oil-fire plumes over Kuwait during the summer of 1991. In the absence of other demonstratable sources of fine-particle Na, these relationships provide a direct link between the Kuwaiti oil-fires and aerosol composition observed at MLO. (Copyright (c) 1993 American Geophysical Union.) |
Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Geophysical Research Letters, v20 n8 p691-693, 23 Apr 93. See also PB92-206481. Prepared in cooperation with Nevada Univ. System, Reno. Desert Research Inst. and Maryland Univ., College Park. Dept. of Chemistry. |
Highlights Notes |
%AUT:J. P. /Pinto ;J. M. /Ondov |
NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
Title Annotations |
Reprint: Fine-Particle Sodium Tracer for Long-Range Transport of the Kuwaiti Oil-Fire Smoke. |
Category Codes |
68A; 99A; 97K; 97R; 55B; 55E |
NTIS Prices |
PC A01/MF A01 |
Primary Description |
600/09 |
Document Type |
NT |
Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
Control Number |
418226583 |
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NTIS |
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CAT |