Open-path transmissometry to determine atmospheric extinction efficiency associated with feedyard dust

ASABE - Proceedings of the International Symposium on Air Quality and Waste Management for Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Auvermann, B W ^a   Paila, A N ^a   Hiranuma, N ^a   Bush, J ^a  

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Author keywords

Atmospheric extinction; Feedyard; Fugitive dust; Transmissometry

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERICS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DUST; GAS DYNAMICS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; VISIBILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

10 MICRONS; AERODYNAMIC EQUIVALENT DIAMETERS; AEROSOL CONCENTRATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC EXTINCTION; ATMOSPHERIC EXTINCTIONS; CATTLE FEEDYARDS; CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS; DIRECT MEASURES; EXPECTED VALUES; EXTINCTION EFFICIENCIES; FEEDYARD; FUGITIVE DUST; FUGITIVE EMISSIONS; MASS CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICULATE MATTERS; TIME-RESOLVED; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES; TRANSMISSOMETER; TRANSMISSOMETRY; VISIBILITY IMPAIRMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 56349104582     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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