Project AIRSTREAM: Trace gas final report
The results of 10 years of sampling for trace gases in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere are presented. These samples were collected under the auspices of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) and the Department of Energy (DOE). Almost 1000 whole air samples were collected during the years 1973 to 1983 under Project AIRSTREAM. Project AIRSTREAM was part of the Environmental Measurements Laboratory's (EML, at that time called the Health and Safety Laboratory/HASL) research effort to investigate the impact of the injection of radionuclides and stable compounds into the stratosphere. One or more of the following compounds were analyzed: CCl[sub 3]F, CCl[sub 2]F[sub 2], CCl[sub 4], N[sub 2]O, SF[sub 6], CO[sub 2], CH[sub 4], CH[sub 3]CCl[sub 3], and COS. Details of the Project's quality assurance program are discussed. Also included in the report are two-dimensional plots of the concentration of CCl[sub 3]F and a complete tabulation of the data.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Energy, New York, NY (United States). Environmental Measurements Lab.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 6437109
- Report Number(s):
- EML-549; ON: DE93008849
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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AERIAL MONITORING
CARBON TETRACHLORIDE
CHALCOGENIDES
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
COMPILED DATA
DATA
DOCUMENT TYPES
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
FLUORIDES
FLUORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
MONITORING
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NITROUS OXIDE
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PROGRESS REPORT
RADIOISOTOPES
SAMPLING
STRATOSPHERE
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR FLUORIDES
TROPOSPHERE