Ammonia assessment from agriculture: U.S. status and needs

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 515-520

  Aneja, Viney P ^a   Blunden, Jessica ^a   James, Kristen ^a   Schlesinger, William H ^b   Knighton, Raymond ^c   Gilliam, Wendell ^a   Jennings, Greg ^a   Niyogi, Dev ^d   Cole, Shawn ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NITROGEN; OZONE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN EMISSIONS; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOCHEMICAL AIR POLLUTION;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA;

ACCURACY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA FORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK; REVIEW;

EID: 40849136515     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0002in     Document Type: Review

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