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Overview

Stephen Conley is affiliated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the United States. Their research spans numerous topics primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Conley's subfields of study focus on:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Spectroscopy

The main topics of work associated with their research are:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Oil, Gas, and Environmental Issues
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications

Stephen Conley has contributed to multiple scientific journals and publication venues. Frequent venues include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Environment

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Conley are:

  • Concurrent variation in oil and gas methane emissions and oil price during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Airborne Assessment of Methane Emissions from Offshore Platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • A tale of two regions: methane emissions from oil and gas production in offshore/onshore Mexico, 2021, Environmental Research Letters
  • Methane emissions from underground gas storage in California, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • Quantification and assessment of methane emissions from offshore oil and gas facilities on the Norwegian continental shelf, 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Conley include:

  • M. L. Smith
  • Dani Caputi
  • E. A. Kort
  • A. O. Langford
  • Christoph J. Senff

Best Publications

  • Methane emissions estimate from airborne measurements over a western United States natural gas field

    Anna Karion;Anna Karion;Colm Sweeney;Colm Sweeney;Gabrielle Pétron;Gabrielle Pétron;Gregory Frost;Gregory Frost

  • Airborne methane remote measurements reveal heavy-tail flux distribution in Four Corners region

    Christian Frankenberg;Andrew K. Thorpe;David R. Thompson;Glynn Hulley

  • California's methane super-emitters.

    Riley M. Duren;Riley M. Duren;Andrew K. Thorpe;Kelsey T. Foster;Talha Rafiq

  • A new look at methane and nonmethane hydrocarbon emissions from oil and natural gas operations in the Colorado Denver-Julesburg Basin

    Gabrielle Pétron;Gabrielle Pétron;Anna Karion;Anna Karion;Colm Sweeney;Colm Sweeney;Benjamin R. Miller;Benjamin R. Miller

  • Methane emissions from the 2015 Aliso Canyon blowout in Los Angeles, CA

    S. Conley;G. Franco;I. Faloona;D. R. Blake

  • Aircraft-Based Estimate of Total Methane Emissions from the Barnett Shale Region

    Anna Karion;Colm Sweeney;Colm Sweeney;Eric A. Kort;Paul B. Shepson

  • Agriculture is a major source of NO x pollution in California.

    Maya Almaraz;Edith Bai;Edith Bai;Chao Wang;Justin Trousdell

  • Comparisons of Airborne Measurements and Inventory Estimates of Methane Emissions in the Alberta Upstream Oil and Gas Sector.

    Matthew R. Johnson;David R. Tyner;Stephen Conley;Stefan Schwietzke

  • Application of Gauss's Theorem to quantify localized surface emissions from airborne measurements of wind and trace gases

    Stephen Conley;Ian Faloona;Shobhit Mehrotra;Maxime Suard

  • Quantifying atmospheric methane emissions from oil and natural gas production in the Bakken shale region of North Dakota

    J. Peischl;J. Peischl;A. Karion;A. Karion;A. Karion;C. Sweeney;C. Sweeney;E. A. Kort

  • Improved Mechanistic Understanding of Natural Gas Methane Emissions from Spatially Resolved Aircraft Measurements

    Stefan Schwietzke;Gabrielle Pétron;Gabrielle Pétron;Stephen Conley;Cody Pickering

  • Demonstration of an Ethane Spectrometer for Methane Source Identification

    Tara I. Yacovitch;Scott C. Herndon;Joseph R. Roscioli;Cody Floerchinger

  • Concurrent variation in oil and gas methane emissions and oil price during the COVID-19 pandemic

    David R. Lyon;Benjamin Hmiel;Ritesh Gautam;Mark Omara

  • Airborne DOAS retrievals of methane, carbon dioxide, and water vapor concentrations at high spatial resolution: Application to AVIRIS-NG

    Andrew K. Thorpe;Christian Frankenberg;David R. Thompson;Riley M. Duren

  • Revisiting the evidence of increasing springtime ozone mixing ratios in the free troposphere over western North America

    Meiyun Lin;Meiyun Lin;Larry W. Horowitz;Owen R. Cooper;Owen R. Cooper;David Tarasick

  • Sulfur dioxide in the tropical marine boundary layer: dry deposition and heterogeneous oxidation observed during the Pacific Atmospheric Sulfur Experiment

    Ian Faloona;Stephen A. Conley;Byron Blomquist;Antony D. Clarke

  • A tale of two regions: Methane emissions from oil and gas production in offshore/onshore Mexico

    Daniel Zavala-Araiza;Daniel Zavala-Araiza;Mark Omara;Ritesh Gautam;Mackenzie L Smith

  • Spatiotemporal Variability of Methane Emissions at Oil and Natural Gas Operations in the Eagle Ford Basin

    Tegan N. Lavoie;Paul B. Shepson;Maria O. L. Cambaliza;Brian H. Stirm

  • Airborne Assessment of Methane Emissions from Offshore Platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

    Alan M. Gorchov Negron;Eric A. Kort;Stephen A. Conley;Mackenzie L. Smith

  • Airborne Quantification of Methane Emissions over the Four Corners Region.

    Mackenzie L. Smith;Alexander Gvakharia;Eric A. Kort;Colm Sweeney;Colm Sweeney

  • Residual layer ozone, mixing, and the nocturnal jet in California's San Joaquin Valley

    Dani J. Caputi;Ian Faloona;Justin Trousdell;Jeanelle Smoot

Frequent Co-Authors

Colm Sweeney
Colm Sweeney National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gabrielle Pétron
Gabrielle Pétron National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ian Faloona
Ian Faloona University of California, Davis
Anna Karion
Anna Karion National Institute of Standards and Technology
Eric A. Kort
Eric A. Kort University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Russell C. Schnell
Russell C. Schnell National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Christoph J. Senff
Christoph J. Senff National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Edward J. Dlugokencky
Edward J. Dlugokencky National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jeff Peischl
Jeff Peischl Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Detlev Helmig
Detlev Helmig Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research

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