Emissions of ammonia from weeping wall stores and earth-banked lagoons determined using passive sampling and atmospheric dispersion modelling

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-98

  Hill, R A ^a   Smith, K ^b   Russell, K ^b   Misselbrook, T ^c   Brookman, S ^c  

^a WESTLAKES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Air pollution; Back calculation; Gaussian plume; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; EMISSION INVENTORY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LAGOON; MANURE; NUMERICAL METHOD; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SAMPLING; WALL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; LAGOON; MANURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 47349134014     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-007-9077-7     Document Type: Article

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