Publications by authors named "Patrick T O'Keeffe"

Whole-house emission rates and indoor loss coefficients of formaldehyde and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were determined from continuous measurements inside a net-zero energy home at two different air change rates (ACHs). By turning the mechanical ventilation on and off, it was demonstrated that formaldehyde concentrations reach a steady state much more quickly than other VOCs, consistent with a significant indoor loss rate attributed to surface uptake. The first order loss coefficient for formaldehyde was 0.

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With the addition of nitrogen (N), agricultural soils are the main anthropogenic source of NO, but high spatial and temporal variabilities make NO emissions difficult to characterize at the field scale. This study used flux-gradient measurements to continuously monitor NO emissions at two agricultural fields under different management regimes in the inland Pacific Northwest of Washington State, USA. Automated 16-chamber arrays were also deployed at each site; chamber monitoring results aided the interpretation of the flux gradient results.

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