Near-field dust exposure from cotton field tilling and harvesting

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 551-556

  Hiscox, April L ^a   Miller, David R ^a   Holmén, Britt A ^b   Yang, Wenli ^c   Wang, Junming ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Votey Bldg ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; HARVESTING; OPTICAL RADAR; THERMAL PLUMES;

DUST EXPOSURE; DUST PLUMES; TILLING; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES;

DUST;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COTTON; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FARMING SYSTEM; HARVESTING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUME; PLUME DISPERSION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOSSYPIUM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WIND;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 40849136508     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0408     Document Type: Article

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