Monitoring and modelling trace-gas changes following the 2001 outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease to reduce the uncertainties in agricultural emissions abatement

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 407-422

  Sutton, M A ^a   Dragosits, U ^a   Simmons, I ^a   Tang, Y S ^a   Hellsten, S ^a,b   Love, L ^a   Vieno, M ^a,b   Skiba, U ^a   di Marco, C ^a,b   Storeton West, R L ^a   Fowler, D ^a   Williams, J ^c   North, P ^c   Hobbs, P ^c   Misselbrook, T ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abatement policy; Ammonia; Methane; Modelling; Monitoring; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33746014148     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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