Ammonia emissions from two mechanically ventilated UK livestock buildings

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-227

  Demmers, T G M ^a,b   Burgess, L R ^a   Short, J L ^a   Phillips, V R ^a   Clark, J A ^b   Wathes, C M ^a  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia emission; Livestock housing; Pigs; Poultry; Tracer gas; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ECOSYSTEMS; FARM BUILDINGS; VENTILATION;

AMMONIA EMISSIONS; LIVESTOCK BUILDINGS; PIGS; POULTRY; TRACER GAS;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AMMONIA; TRACER;

AGRICULTURE; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; ANEMOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032890259     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00150-2     Document Type: Article

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