Methane emissions from dairy cows: Comparing open-path laser measurements to profile-based techniques

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 340-345

  Laubach, Johannes ^a   Kelliher, Francis M ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Backward Lagrangian stochastic model; Dispersion; Methane; Open path concentration measurements

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; RUMINANT;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33144458977     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2005.11.014     Document Type: Article

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