Tracer Technology Group

Publications

 

Pertinent publications of the Tracer Technology Group:

Dietz, R. N. and Cote, E. A.  Air infiltration measurements in a home using a convenient perfluorocarbon tracer technique.  Environ. Internatl. 8, 419-433 (1982).  BNL-30797  [1.7 MB .pdf file]

Dietz, R. N.  Perfluorocarbon tracer technology.  In Regional and Long-Range Transport of Air Pollution, Lectures of a course held at the Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, September 15-19, 1986, S. Sandroni (ed.), pp. 215-247.  BNL-38847  [3.3 MB .pdf file]

Senum, G. I., Fajer, R. W., Harris, B. R., Jr., DeRose, W. E., and Ottaviani, W.  Petroleum reservoir characterization by perfluorocarbon tracers.  In SPE/DOE Eighth Symposium on Enhanced Oil Recovery, pp. 337-344, Tulsa, OK, April 21-24, 1992.  BNL-46883R  [975 K .pdf file]

Dietz, R. N. and Goodrich, R. W. Measurement of HVAC  system performance and local ventilation using passive perfluorocarbon tracer technology. Prepared in part for the State University of New York, College of Technology, Farmingdale, NY. Informal Report, BNL-61990, June 1995.  [1.7 MB pdf file]

Dietz, R. N.   Vapor detection of trafficking of contraband money -- a discussion of technical feasibility.  Informal Report, BNL-62834, Feb. 1996.
[130 K .pdf file]

Dietz, R. N. and Senum, G. I.  Detection of interstate liquids pipeline leaks:  Feasibility evaluation.  A concept paper prepared for discussion with Battelle Memorial Institute and the Colonial Pipeline Company Informal Report, BNL-65970, Oct. 1998.  [30 K .pdf file]

Sullivan, T. M., Heiser, J., Gard, A., and Senum, G.  Monitoring subsurface barrier integrity using perfluorocarbon tracers.  J. Environ. Eng. 124, 490-497 (1998).  BNL-66156  [1.1 MB .pdf file]

Ghafurian, R., Dietz, R. N., Rodenbaugh, T., Dominguez, J., and Tai1, N.  Leak location in fluid filled cables using the PFT method.  IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery 14, 18-22 (1999). BNL-65969  [553 K .pdf file]

Dietz, R. N.  Multi-tracer control room air inleakage protocol and simulated primary and extended multi-zone results.  Informal Report, BNL-69105, 2002.  [103 K .pdf. file]

Simmonds, P. G., Greally, B. R., Olivier, S., Nickless, G., Cooke, K. M., and Dietz, R. N.  The background atmospheric concentrations of cyclic perfluorocarbon tracers determined by negative ion-chemical ionization mass spectrometry.  Atmos. Environ. 36, 2147-2156 (2002). BNL-69443  [1.9 MB .pdf file]

Green, M., Kuhns, H., Pitchford, M., Dietz, R., Ashbaugh, L., and Watson, T.  Application of the tracer-aerosol gradient interpretive technique (TAGIT) to sulfur attribution for the Big Bend Regional Aerosol and Visibility Observation (BRAVO) Study.  J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc. 53, 586-595 (2003).  BNL-71197-2003-JA  [2.1 MB .pdf file]

Dietz, R. N.  Determination of Unfiltered In-Leakage by ATD and AIMS E 741 Techniques.  Industrial Excellence Through Communication and Training:  Control Room Habitability, Nuclear HVAC Utility Group (NHUG), New York City, NY, July 28-30, 2003.  NHUG_72903.pdf  [2.7 MB .pdf file].
 

Dietz, R. N. Multi-tracer control room air in leakage protocol and simulated primary and extended multi-zone results. A concept paper. For discussion with the Nuclear Power Plant Industry. Informal Report, BNL 69105, January 2002.

Dietz, R. N. and Senum, G. I. Detection of interstate liquids pipeline leaks: Feasibility evaluation. A concept paper prepared for discussion with Battelle Memorial Institute and the Colonial Pipeline Company Informal Report, BNL-65970, Oct. 1998 Dietz, R. N. Vapor detection of trafficking of contraband money -- a discussion of technical feasibility. Informal Report, BNL-62834, Feb. 1996.

Dietz, R. N., Wieser, R. F., Fajer, R. W., Mancini, J. D., and Senum, G. I. In-situ vitrification (ISV) organic-surrogate vapor emissions during a 1-ton pilot melt. Prepared for the Office of Environmental Restoration, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Informal Report, BNL-63981, Sept. 1996.

Dietz, R. N. and Goodrich, R. W. Measurement of HVAC system performance and local ventilation using passive perfluorocarbon tracer technology. Prepared in part for the State University of New York, College of Technology, Farmingdale, NY. Informal Report, BNL-61990, June 199

Luke, W. Watson, T. B., Arnold, J., Gunter, L., Wellman, D., Airborne Concentration measurements of Ozone, Ozone precursors, and Nitrogen Compounds in the Tampa, FL Region During Brace, 2002, NOAA Technical Memorandum

Watson, T. B., Kieslar, R., Reese, B., Summary report of Chemical Measurements made during the 1996 Defense Special Weapons Agency, Dipole Pride Tracer Program. U. S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Research Laboratories, Air Resources Laboratory, Field Research Division, Idaho Falls, Idaho (1997).

Watson, T. B., Keislar R. E., Reese B., George D. H. (1998), The Defense Special Weapons Agency DIPOLE PRIDE 26 Field Experiment, NOAA Technical Memorandum, ARL-225.

Watson, T. B., Crescenti, G. H. , Johnson, R., Reese B., Carter, R. G., (June 2000), The Overland Atmospheric Dispersion (OLAD) Field Experiment, NOAA Technical Memorandum, ARL-235.

Watson, T. B., Johnson, R., Pitchford, M., Green, M., Kuhns, H., Etyemezian, V., Perfluorocarbon Tracer Releases During the Big Bend Regional Aerosol and Visibility Observational (BRAVO) Study, NOAA Technical Memorandum, OAR ARL-237.

Wellman, D. L., Willison, S. W., Luke, W. T., McMillen, R. T., Aubel, D. L., Gunter, R. L., Watson, T. B., 1995 Summary Report Southern Oxidants Study: Technical Support for Airborne Measurements of Eddy Fluxes with Chemical and Meteorological Variables , NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL ARL-217, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Research Laboratories, Air Resources Laboratory, Silver Spring, Maryland (1996).

Straume, A. G., Dietz, R. N., N'Dri Koffi, E., and Nodop, K. Perfluorocarbon background concentrations in Europe. Atmos. Environ. 32, 4109-4122 (1998). [BNL-66157] Watson, T. B., "Evaluation of an Intensive Sampling and Analysis Method for Carbon Monoxide", Journal of Air and Waste Management Assoc. (1995), 45, 29-35.

Luke, W. T., Watson, T. B., Olszyna, K. J., Gunter, R. L., McMillen, R. T., "A Comparison of Airborne and surface trace gas measurements during the Southern Oxidants Study", Journal of Geophysical Research 103, 22,317-22,337, 1998.

Alvarez, R. J. II, Sneff, C. J., Hardesty, R. M., Parrish, D. D., Luke, W. T., Watson, T. B., Daum, P. H., Gillani, N., "Comparisons of airborne lidar measurements of ozone with airborne in situ measurements during the 1995 Southern Oxidants Study", J. Geophys. Res., (1999), 103, 31,155.

McMillen, R. T., Gunter, R. l., Luke, W. T., Watson, T. B., "Ozone Fluxes obtained with the Twin Otter during the Southern Oxidants Study", J. Geophys. Res., 105, 9121-9135, 2000.

Green, M., Kuhns, H., Pitchford, M., Dietz, R., Ashbaugh, L., Watson, T., “Application of the Tracer-Aerosol Gradient Interpretive Technique (TAGIT) to sulfur attribution for the Big Bend Regional Aerosol and Visibility Observational (BRAVO) Study”, J. Air and Waste Management.

Papers Presented at Meetings

Bowers, J. F., Start, G. E., Carter, R. G., Watson, T. B., Clawson, K. L., Crawford, T. L., "Experimental Design and Results for the Long-Range Over water Diffusion (LROD) Experiment", Meteorology Division, U. S. Army Dugway Proving Ground (1994).

Dietz, Russell N., Control Room/Bldg Unfiltered Air In-Leakage in SNUPPS-Designed Plants by Atmospheric Tracer Depletion (ATD), NHUGWinter Las Vegas Conference, January 18-20, 2006

Dietz, R. N., Goodrich, R. W., Prezant, B., and Leonard, D. Hood effectiveness and entrainment of subsurface air: Impact on IAQ in a Seattle hospital. 2nd International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings, Montreal, May 10-12, 1995. [BNL-60464]

Watson, T. B., Luke, W. T., McMillen, R., Gunter, R. L., Rodgers, M. O., Stoneking, C., Zika, R. G., Riemer, D. D., Farmer, C. T., Olszyna, K. Hartsell, B., Trends and Comparisons of Ozone and Ozone Precursors in Measurements Made Over the Youth Inc. Ground Station by the NOAA Twin Otter , EOS Transactions , American Geophysical Union, 1996 Fall Meeting, Vol. 77, NO. 46, Nov. 12, 1996, supplement, p F96.

Gunter, R. L., McMillen, R., Kleinman, L., Luke, W. T., Watson, T. B., Wellman, D. L., Wilkison, S. W., Evaluation of Flux Divergence of Ozone using Measured and Modeled Ozone Net Production Rates , EOS Transactions , American Geophysical Union, 1996 Fall Meeting, Vol. 77, NO. 46, Nov. 12, 1996, supplement, p F97.

McMillen, R., Gunter, R. L., Luke, W. T., Watson, T. B., Wellman, D. L., Wilkison, S. W., Comparing Deposition Velocities Measured from Aircraft with Modeled Values, EOS Transactions , American Geophysical Union, 1996 Fall Meeting, Vol. 77, NO. 46, Nov. 12, 1996, supplement, p F82.

Watson, T. B., Luke, W. T., McMillen, R., Gunter, R. L., Rodgers, M. O., Stoneking, C., Zika, R. G., Riemer, D. D., Farmer, C. T., Olszyna, K. Hartsell, B., Measurements of Ozone and Ozone Precursors from the NOAA Twin Otter During the Southern Oxidants Study (SOS), EOS Transactions , American Geophysical Union, 1996 Fall Meeting, Vol. 77, NO. 46, Nov. 12, 1996, supplement, p F87.

Alvarez, R. J., Hardesty, R. M., Sneff, C. J., Parrish, D. D., Luke, W. T., Watson, T. B., Daum, P. H., Intercomparisons Between In Situ and Lidar Measurements During the 1995 Southern Oxidants Study, EOS Transactions , American Geophysical Union, 1996 Fall Meeting, Vol. 77, NO. 46, Nov. 12, 1996, supplement, p F96.

Clawson, K. L., T. B. Watson, D. H. George, and B. Reese, 1998: Integrated urban meteorological and carbon monoxide observations. Preprint, Tenth Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the AWMA, Phoenix, AZ, Jan. 11-16, Amer. Meteor. Soc., J61-J62.

Keislar, R. E., T. B. Watson, D. H. George, B. R. Reese, and C. A. Biltoft, 1998: Assimilation and visualization of sulfur-hexafloride tracer concentrations with meteorological observations. Preprint, Tenth Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the AWMA, Phoenix, AZ, Jan. 11-16, Amer. Meteor. Soc., J63-J70.

Watson, T. B. "The Use of Intentionally Released Tracers to Quantify Atmospheric Transport and Dispersion", Paper presented at the Intermountain Conference on the Environment, March 17, 1998, Idaho Falls, ID.

Watson T. B., Keislar, R E., Crescenti, G. H., The Use of a Sulfur Hexafluoride Line Source to Measure Along Wind Dispersion", Paper presented at the 216th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston, MA, August, 1998.

Crescenti, G. H., Watson T. B., Keislar, R E., "Determination of Along-Wind Diffusion From a Quasi-instantaneous Line source, Accepted for presentation of the January 1999 American Meteorological Society annual meeting, Dallas.

T. B Watson, Luke, W. T., Arnold, J. R., Gunter, L. R., “Studies of Tampa Bay Power Plant Plumes during the Bay Region Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment”, American Geophysical Union, 2003 Fall Meeting

W. Luke, J. Arnold, T. Watson, L. Gunter, D. Wellman, P. Dasgupta, J. Li, D. Riemer, “Aircraft Observations of the Tampa Urban Plume during BRACE: Transport, Photochemical, and Depositional Processes”, American Geophysical Union, 2003 Fall Meeting

J.R. Arnold, Luke, W.T., and Watson, T.B., “Nitrate Aerosol Partitioning Aloft in the 2003 Bay Regional Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (BRACE)”, American Geophysical Union, 2003 Fall Meeting

R.L. Gunter, T.B. Watson, W.T. Luke, C.W. King, J.R. Arnold, “Evaluation of the Boundary Layer Characteristics in the Tampa Bay Area during the Bay Region Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (BRACE)”, American Geophysical Union, 2003 Fall Meeting

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White Papers

“Intercontinental Transport of Air Pollution: Relationship to North American Air Quality” Air Quality Research Subcommittee of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (CENR).

Watson, T. B., “Justification for the Weather Research Aircraft Initiative”, 2003.

Watson, T. B., Justification for the Carbon Cycle Aircraft Initiative, 2003.

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