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Atmospheric tracer monitoring and surface plume development at the ZERT pilot test in Bozeman, Montana, USA

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A controlled release of CO2 was conducted at a field site in Bozeman, Montana, USA in July of 2008 in a multi-laboratory study of near surface transport and detection technologies. The development of a subsurface CO2 plume near the middle packer section of the horizontal release was studied using soil-gas and surface flux measurements of CO2. A perfluorocarbon tracer was added to the CO2 released from this section of the horizontal well, and the development of atmospheric plumes of the tracer was studied under various meteorological conditions using horizontal and vertical grids of monitors containing sorbent material to collect the tracer. This study demonstrated the feasibility of using remote sensing for the ultra low level detection of atmospheric plumes of tracers as means to monitor the near surface leakage of sequestered CO2.

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  1. National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, 15236, USA

    Arthur Wells, Brian Strazisar, J. Rodney Diehl & Garret Veloski

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Wells, A., Strazisar, B., Rodney Diehl, J. et al. Atmospheric tracer monitoring and surface plume development at the ZERT pilot test in Bozeman, Montana, USA. Environ Earth Sci 60, 299–305 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-009-0371-3

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