An approach for measuring methane emissions from whole farms

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-20

  McGinn, S M ^a   Flesch, T K ^b   Harper, L A ^c   Beauchemin, K A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; FARMS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS EMISSIONS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

FARM MANAGEMENT; MASS-FLOW CONTROLLERS; METHANE EMISSIONS;

METHANE;

METHANE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TRACER;

ACCURACY; AGROECOSYSTEM; AIR SAMPLING; ANEMOMETER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DAIRY CATTLE; EXPIRED AIR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; RUMINANT STOMACH; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; METHANE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

AGRICULTURE; EMISSION; METHANE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 31844436684     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0250     Document Type: Article

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