Flux-gradient estimates of ammonia emissions from beef cattle feedyard pens

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Todd, Richard W ^a,d   Cole, N A ^a   Harper, L A ^b   Flesch, T K ^c  

^a USDA ARS Conservation and Production Research Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AIR QUALITY; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FEEDING; FLUXES; FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS; GRADIENT METHODS; HURRICANE EFFECTS; MANURES; PROCESS ENGINEERING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACID GASSES; AIR TEMPERATURES; AMMONIA EMISSIONS; AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; ANNUAL VARIABILITIES; ATMOSPHERIC AMMONIAS; BEEF CATTLE; BEEF CATTLE FEEDYARDS; CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; EMISSION FACTORS; EMISSION RATES; EMISSON RATES; FEEDYARD; FIELD CAMPAIGNS; GRADIENT ESTIMATES; HIGH WIND SPEEDS; HOMOGENEOUS FLOWS; INVERSE DISPERSIONS; MICROMETEOROLOGICAL FLUXES; PROCESS MODELS; SCHMIDT NUMBERS; WIND SPEEDS; WINTER EMISSIONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 56349145265     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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