Flow rate and source reservoir identification from airborne chemical sampling of the uncontrolled Elgin platform gas release
Lee, J. D., Mobbs, S. D., Wellpott, A., Allen, G., Bauguitte, S., Burton, R. R., Camilli, R., Coe, H., Fisher, R., France, J. L., Gallagher, M., Hopkins, J. R., Lanoiselle, M., Lewis, A. C., Lowry, D., Nisbet, E., Purvis, R., O’Shea, S., Pyle, J. A. & Ryerson, T. B., 27 Mar 2018, In : Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 11, 3, p. 1725-1739

Diurnal, seasonal, and annual trends in tropospheric CO in Southwest London during 2000–2015: Wind sector analysis and comparisons with urban and remote sites
Hernández-Paniagua, I. Y., Lowry, D., Clemitshaw, K. C., Palmer, P. I., Fisher, R. E., France, J. L., Mendoza, A., O’Doherty, S., Forster, G., Lanoisellé, M. & Nisbet, E. G., 17 Jan 2018, In : Atmospheric Environment. 177, p. 262-274

A cautionary tale: A study of a methane enhancement over the North Sea
Cain, M., Warwick, N., Fisher, R., Lowry, D., Lanoiselle, M., Nisbet, E., France, J., Pitt, J., O’Shea, S., Bower, K., Allen, G., Illingworth, S. M., Manning, A. J., Bauguitte, S., Pisso, I. & Pyle, J., 16 Aug 2017, In : Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres. 122, 14, p. 7630-7645 , 10.1002/2017JD026626

Evaluating methane inventories by isotopic analysis in the London region
Zazzeri, G., Lowry, D., Fisher, R. E., France, J. L., Lanoisellé, M., Grimmond, C. S. B. & Nisbet, E. G., 7 Jul 2017, In : Scientific Reports. 7, p. 1-13 , 4854

Are the Fenno-Scandinavian Arctic wetlands a significant regional source of formic acid?
Jones, B. T., Muller, J., O’Shea, S., Bacak, A., Allen, G., Gallagher, M., Bower, K., Breton, M. L., Bannan, T. J., Bauguitte, S., Pyle, J., Lowry, D., Fisher, R., France, J., Nisbet, E., Shallcross, D. & Percival, C., 22 Jun 2017, In : Atmosphere. 8, 7, p. 1-18 , 112Article

Measurement of the 13C isotopic signature of methane emissions from northern European wetlands
Fisher, R. , France, J. , Lowry, D. , Lanoiselle, M. , Brownlow, R. , Pyle, J. , Cain, M. , Warwick, N. , Skiba, U. , Drewer, J. , Dinsmore, K. , Leeson, S. , Bauguitte, S. , Wellpott, A. , O’Shea, S. , Allen, G. , Gallagher, M. , Pitt, J. , Percival, C. , Bower, K. & 9 others , Mar 2017, In : Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 31, 3, p. 605–623Article

Methane mole fraction and δ13C above and below the trade wind inversion at Ascension Island in air sampled by aerial robotics
Brownlow, R., Lowry, D., Thomas, R., Fisher, R., France, J., Cain, M., Richardson, T., Greatwood, C., Freer, J., Pyle, J. & Nisbet, E., 28 Nov 2016, In : Geophysical Research Letters. 43, 22, p. 11893-11902Letter

Carbon isotopic signature of coal-derived methane emissions to the atmosphere: from coalification to alteration
Zazzeri, G., Lowry, D., Fisher, R., France, J., Lanoiselle, M., Kelly, B. F. J., Necki, J. M., Iverach, C. P., Ginty, E., Zimnoch, M., Jasek, A. & Nisbet, E., 3 Nov 2016, In : Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 16, 21, p. 13669-13680

Rising atmospheric methane: 2007–2014 growth and isotopic shift
Nisbet, E. , Dlugokencky, E. J. , Manning, M. R. , Lowry, D. , Fisher, R. , France, J. , Michel, S. E. , Miller, J. B. , White, J. W. C. , Vaughn, B. , Bousquet, P. , Pyle, J. A. , Warwick, N. , Cain, M. , Brownlow, R. , Zazzeri, G. , Lanoiselle, M. , Manning, A. C. , Gloor, E. , Worthy, D. E. J. & 4 others , 26 Sep 2016, In : Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 30, 9, p. 1356-1370

Marked long-term decline in ambient CO mixing ratio in SE England, 1997-2014: evidence of policy success in improving air quality
Lowry, D., Lanoisellé, M. E., Fisher, R. E., Martin, M., Fowler, C. M. R., France, J. L., Hernández-Paniagua, I. Y., Novelli, P. C., Sriskantharajah, S., O’Brien, P., Rata, N. D., Holmes, C. W., Fleming, Z. L., Clemitshaw, K. C., Zazzeri, G., Pommier, M., McLinden, C. A. & Nisbet, E. G., 23 May 2016, In : Scientific Reports. 6, p. 1-12 , 25661

Atmospheric constraints on the methane emissions from the East Siberian Shelf
Berchet, A., Bousquet, P., Pison, I., Locatelli, R., Chevallier, F., Paris, J-D., Dlugokencky, E. J., Laurila, T., Hatakka, J., Viisanen, Y., Worthy, D. E. J., Nisbet, E., Fisher, R., France, J., Lowry, D., Ivakhov, V. & Hermansen, O., 30 Mar 2016, In : Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 16, 6, p. 4147-4157

Assessing Connectivity Between an Overlying Aquifer and a Coal Seam Gas Resource Using Methane Isotopes, Dissolved Organic Carbon and Tritium
Iverach, C. P., Cendón, D. I., Hankin, S. I., Lowry, D., Fisher, R. E., France, J. L., Nisbet, E. G., Baker, A. & Kelly, B. F. J., 4 Nov 2015, In : Scientific Reports. 5, p. 1-11 , 15996

Atmospheric nitrogen oxides (NO and NO2) at Dome C, East Antarctica, during the OPALE campaign
Roscoe, H. K., Kukui, A., Savarino, J., France, J., King, M., Legrand, M. & Preunkert, S., 17 Jul 2015, In : Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 15, p. 7859-7875

Plume mapping and isotopic characterisation of anthropogenic methane sources
Zazzeri, G., Lowry, D., Fisher, R. E., France, J. L., Lanoisellé, M. & Nisbet, E. G., 1 Jun 2015, In : Atmospheric Environment. 110, p. 151-162

Diurnal, seasonal, and annual trends in atmospheric CO2 at southwest London during 2000-2012: Wind sector analysis and comparison with Mace Head, Ireland
Hernández-Paniagua, I. Y., Lowry, D., Clemitshaw, K. C., Fisher, R. E., France, J. L., Lanoisellé, M., Ramonet, M. & Nisbet, E. G., 1 Mar 2015, In : Atmospheric Environment. 105, p. 138-147

Methane and carbon dioxide fluxes and their regional scalability for the European Arctic wetlands during the MAMM project in summer 2012
O’Shea, S. J. , Allen, G. , Gallagher, M. W. , Bower, K. , Illingworth, S. M. , Muller, J. B. A. , Jones, B. T. , Percival, C. J. , Bauguitte, S. J. B. , Cain, M. , Warwick, N. , Quiquet, A. , Skiba, U. , Drewer, J. , Dinsmore, K. , Nisbet, E. G. , Lowry, D. , Fisher, R. E. , France, J. L. , Aurela, M. & 7 others , 10 Dec 2014, In : Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 14, 23, p. 13159-13174

Measurements of OH and RO2 radicals at Dome C, East Antarctica
Kukui, A., Legrand, M., Preunkert, S., Frey, M., Loisil, R., Gil Roca, J., jourdain, B., King, M., France, J. & Ancellet, G., 26 Nov 2014, In : Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 14, 22, p. 12373-12392

Role of nitrite in the photochemical formation of radicals in the snow
Jacobi, H. W., Kleffmann, J., Villena, G., Wiesen, P., King, M., France, J., Anastasio, C. & Staebler, R., 7 Jan 2014, In : Environmental Science and Technology. 48, 1, p. 165-172

Published
Influence of grain shape on light penetration in snow: The Cryosphere
Libois, Q., Picard, G., France, J. L., Arnaud, L., Dumont, M., Carmagnola, C. M. & King, M. D., 1 Jan 2013, In : The Cryosphere. 7, 6, p. 1803-1818

The diurnal variability of atmospheric nitrogen oxides (NO and NO2) above the Antarctic Plateau driven by atmospheric stability and snow emissions
Frey, M. M., Brough, N., France, J. L., Anderson, P. S., Traulle, O., King, M. D., Jones, A. E., Wolff, E. W. & Savarino, J., 2013, In : Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 13, 6, p. 3045-3062

Decreased albedo, e-folding depth and photolytic OH radical and NO2 production with increasing black carbon content in Arctic snow
Reay, H. J., France, J. L. & King, M. D., 12 Jun 2012, In : Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres. 117, , ARTN D00R20

Carbonaceous species and humic like substances (HULIS) in Arctic snowpack during OASIS field campaign in Barrow
Voisin, D., Jaffrezo, J-L., Houdier, S., Barret, M., Cozic, J., King, M. D., France, J. L., Reay, H. J., Grannas, A., Kos, G., Ariya, P. A., Beine, H. J. & Domine, F., 5 May 2012, In : Journal of Geophysical Research. 117, p. – , D00R19

Soluble chromophores in marine snow, seawater, sea ice and frost flowers near Barrow, Alaska
Beine, H., Anastasio, C., Domine, F., Douglas, T., Barret, M., France, J., King, M., Hall, S. & Ullmann, K., 23 Mar 2012, In : Journal of Geophysical Research. 117, p. – , D00R15

Hydroxyl radical and NOx production rates, black carbon concentrations and light-absorbing impurities in snow from field measurements of light penetration and nadir reflectivity of onshore and offshore coastal Alaskan snow
France, J. L., Reay, H. J., King, M. D., Voisin, D., Jacobi, H. W., Domine, F., Beine, H., Anastasio, C., MacArthur, A. & Lee-Taylor, J., 9 Mar 2012, In : Journal of Geophysical Research. 117, p. – , D00R12

The effect of measurement geometry on recording solar radiation attenuation in snowpack (e-folding depth) using fibre-optic probes
France, J. & King, M., 2012, In : Journal of Glaciology. 58, 208, p. 417-418 , 10.3189/2012JoG11J227

Published
Calculations of in-snow NO2 and OH radical photochemical production and photolysis rates: A field and radiative-transfer study of the optical properties of Arctic (Ny-Alesund, Svalbard) snow
France, J. L., King, M., Lee-Taylor, J., Beine, H. J., Ianniello, A., Domine, F. & MacArthur, A., 1 Nov 2011, In : Journal of Geophysical Research. 116, p. – , F04013

Snow optical properties at Dome C (Concordia), Antarctica; implications for snow emissions and snow chemistry of reactive nitrogen
France, J. L., King, M. D., Frey, M. M., Erbland, J., Picard, G., Preunkert, S., MacArthur, A. & Savarino, J., 21 Sep 2011, In : Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 11, 18, p. 9787-9801

Snow optical properties at Dome C (Concordia), Antarctica; implications for snow emissions and snow chemistry of reactive nitrogen
France, J. L., King, M. D., Frey, M. M., Erbland, J., Picard, G., Preunkert, S., MacArthur, A. & Savarino, J., 2011, In : Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 11, 18, p. 9787-9801

A photohabitable zone in the martian snowpack? A laboratory and radiative-transfer study of dusty water-ice snow
France, J. L., King, M. D. & MacArthur, A., May 2010, In : Icarus. 207, 1, p. 133-139

The importance of considering depth-resolved photochemistry in snow: a radiative-transfer study of NO2 and OH production in Ny-Alesund (Svalbard) snowpacks
France, J. L., King, M. D. & Lee-Taylor, J., 2010, In : Journal of Glaciology. 56, 198, p. 655-663

Hydroxyl (OH) radical production rates in snowpacks from photolysis of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and nitrate (NO3-)
France, JL., King, M. & Lee-Taylor, J., 1 Jan 2007, In : Atmospheric Environment. 41, 26, p. 5502-5509

Surprisingly small HONO emissions from snow surfaces at Browning Pass, Antarctica
Beine, HJ., Amoroso, A., Domine, F., King, M., Nardino, M., Ianniello, A. & France, JL., 1 Jan 2006, In : Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 6, p. 2569-2580A

Measurement and modelling of UV radiation penetration and photolysis rates of nitrate and hydrogen …
King, M., France, JL., Fisher, FN. & Beine, HJ., 2005, In : Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry. 176,

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2021

Ramsden, Alice E., Ganesan, Anita L., Western, Luke M., Rigby, Matthew, Manning, Alistair J., Foulds, Amy, France, James L. ORCID record for James L. France, Barker, Patrick, Levy, Peter, Say, Daniel, Wisher, Adam, Arnold, Tim, Rennick, Chris, Stanley, Kieran M., Young, Dickon, O'Doherty, Simon. (2021) Quantifying fossil fuel methane emissions using observations of atmospheric ethane and an uncertain emission ratio [in review]. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions. 10.5194/acp-2021-734

Nisbet, Euan G., Dlugokencky, Edward J., Fisher, Rebecca E., France, James L. ORCID record for James L. France, Lowry, David, Manning, Martin R., Michel, Sylvia E., Warwick, Nicola J.. (2021) Atmospheric methane and nitrous oxide: challenges along the path to Net Zero. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, A, 379. 24 pp. 10.1098/rsta.2020.0457

Varga, T., Fisher, R.E., France, J.L. ORCID record for J.L. France, Haszpra, L., Jull, A.J.T., Lowry, D., Major, I., Molnár, M., Nisbet, E. G., László, E.. (2021) Identification of potential methane source regions in Europe using δ13 CCH4 measurements and trajectory modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126. 16 pp. 10.1029/2020JD033963

Bakkaloglu, S., Lowry, D., Fisher, R.E., France, J.L. ORCID record for J.L. France, Nisbet, E.G.. (2021) Carbon isotopic characterisation and oxidation of UK landfill methane emissions by atmospheric measurements. Waste Management, 132. 14 pp. 10.1016/j.wasman.2021.07.012

Defratyka, Sara M., Paris, Jean-Daniel, Yver-Kwok, Camille, Loeb, Daniel, France, James ORCID record for James France, Helmore, Jon, Yarrow, Nigel, Gros, Valérie, Bousquet, Philippe. (2021) Ethane measurement by Picarro CRDS G2201-i in laboratory and field conditions: potential and limitations. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 14. 5049-5069. 10.5194/amt-14-5049-2021

Garnett, Jack, Halsall, Crispin J., Thomas, Max, Crabeck, Odile, France, James ORCID record for James France, Joerss, Hanna, Ebinghaus, Ralf, Kaiser, Jan, Leeson, Amber, Wynn, Peter. (2021) Investigating the uptake and fate of poly- and perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) in sea ice using an experimental sea ice chamber. Environmental Science & Technology, 55. 9601-9608. 10.1021/acs.est.1c01645

Lu, Xinyi, Harris, Stephen J., Fisher, Rebecca E., France, James L. ORCID record for James L. France, Nisbet, Euan G., Lowry, David, Röckmann, Thomas, van der Veen, Carina, Menoud, Malika, Schwietzke, Stefan, Kelly, Bryce F.J.. (2021) Isotopic signatures of major methane sources in the coal seam gas fields and adjacent agricultural districts, Queensland, Australia. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21. 29 pp. 10.5194/acp-2021-76

Bakkaloglu, S., Lowry, D., Fisher, R.E., France, J.L. ORCID record for J.L. France, Brunner, D., Chen, H., Nisbet, E.G.. (2021) Quantification of methane emissions from UK biogas plants. Waste Management, 124. 12 pp. 10.1016/j.wasman.2021.01.011

Wilde, Shona E., Dominutti, Pamela A., Andrews, Stephen J., Bauguitte, Stephane J.-B., Burton, Ralph R., Colfescu, Ioana, France, James ORCID record for James France, Hopkins, James R., Jones, Anna E. ORCID record for Anna E. Jones, Lachlan-Cope, Thomas ORCID record for Thomas Lachlan-Cope, Lee, James D., Lewis, Alastair C., Mobbs, Stephen, Weiss, Alexandra, Young, Stuart, Purvis, Ruth M.. (2021) Speciation of VOC emissions related to offshore North Sea oil and gas production. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21. 22 pp. 10.5194/acp-21-3741-2021

Thomas, Max, France, James ORCID record for James France, Crabeck, Odile, Hall, Benjamin, Hof, Verena, Notz, Dirk, Rampai, Tokoloho, Riemenschneider, Leif, Tooth, Oliver, Tranter, Mathilde, Kaiser, Jan. (2021) The Roland von Glasow Air-Sea-Ice Chamber (RvG-ASIC): an experimental facility for studying ocean–sea-ice–atmosphere interactions. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 14. 1833-1849. 10.5194/amt-14-1833-2021

France, James ORCID record for James France, Bateson, Prudence, Dominutti, Pamela, Allen, Grant, Andrews, Stephen, Bauguitte, Stephane, Coleman, Max, Lachlan-Cope, Tom ORCID record for Tom Lachlan-Cope, Fisher, Rebecca, Huang, Langwen, Jones, Anna E. ORCID record for Anna E. Jones, Lee, James, Lowry, David, Pitt, Joseph, Purvis, Ruth, Pyle, John, Shaw, Jacob, Warwick, Nicola, Weiss, Alexandra, Wilde, Shona, Witherstone, Jonathan, Young, Stuart. (2021) Facility level measurement of offshore oil and gas installations from a medium-sized airborne platform: method development for quantification and source identification of methane emissions. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 14. 18 pp. 10.5194/amt-14-71-2021

2020

Shaw, Jacob T., Allen, Grant, Pitt, Joseph, Shah, Adil, Wilde, Shona, Stamford, Laurence, Fan, Zhaoyang, Ricketts, Hugo, Williams, Paul I., Bateson, Prudence, Barker, Patrick, Purvis, Ruth, Lowry, David, Fisher, Rebecca, France, James ORCID record for James France, Coleman, Max, Lewis, Alastair C., Risk, David A., Ward, Robert S.. (2020) Methane flux from flowback operations at a shale gas site.. Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 70. 1324-1339. 10.1080/10962247.2020.1811800

Lowry, David, Fisher, Rebecca E., France, James L. ORCID record for James L. France, Coleman, Max, Lanoisellé, Mathias, Zazzeri, Giulia, Nisbet, Euan G., Shaw, Jacob T., Allen, Grant, Pitt, Joseph, Ward, Robert S.. (2020) Environmental baseline monitoring for shale gas development in the UK: identification and geochemical characterisation of local source emissions of methane to atmosphere. Science of the Total Environment, 708. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134600

Thomas, M., Vancoppenolle, M., France, J.L. ORCID record for J.L. France, Sturges, W.T., Bakker, D.C.E., Kaiser, J., von Glasow, R.. (2020) Tracer measurements in growing sea ice support convective gravity drainage parameterisations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125. 10.1029/2019JC015791

2019

Garnett, Jack, Halsall, Crispin J., Thomas, Max, France, James ORCID record for James France, Kaiser, Jan, Graf, Carola, Leeson, Amber, Wynn, Peter. (2019) Mechanistic insight into the uptake and fate of persistent organic pollutants in sea ice. Environmental Science & Technology, 53. 6757-6764. 10.1021/acs.est.9b00967

2018

Hernández-Paniagua, Iván Y., Lowry, David, Clemitshaw, Kevin C., Palmer, Paul I., Fisher, Rebecca E., France, James L. ORCID record for James L. France, Mendoza, Alberto, O'Doherty, Simon, Forster, Grant, Lanoisellé, M., Nisbet, Euan G.. (2018) Diurnal, seasonal, and annual trends in tropospheric CO in Southwest London during 2000–2015: Wind sector analysis and comparisons with urban and remote sites. Atmospheric Environment, 177. 262-274. 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.01.027

2017

Cain, M., Warwick, N. J., Fisher, R. E., Lowry, D., Lanoisellé, M., Nisbet, E. G., France, J. ORCID record for J. France, Pitt, J., O'Shea, S., Bower, K. N., Allen, G., Illingworth, S., Manning, A. J., Bauguitte, S., Pisso, I., Pyle, J. A.. (2017) A cautionary tale: A study of a methane enhancement over the North Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122. 7630-7645. 10.1002/2017JD026626

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2019

Studying methane emissions in Bolivia
Blog 12 March, 2019

2019

Scientists to study methane emissions in North Sea
News 23 April, 2019