Determination of ammonia emission rates from a tunnel ventilated chicken house using passive samplers and a Gaussian dispersion model

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-115

  Siefert, Ronald L ^a   Scudlark, Joseph R ^b  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Atmospheric dispersion; Emissions; Gaussian plume; Tunnel ventilated chicken house

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; COASTAL WATER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMISSION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POULTRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; TUNNEL; VENTILATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; GEOMETRY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PLUME; POULTRY FARMING; ROOM VENTILATION; WIND;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; DELMARVA PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 47349117755     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-007-9082-x     Document Type: Article

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