Performance of a dispersion model to estimate methane loss from cattle in pens

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1796-1802

  McGinn, S M ^a   Beauchemin, K A ^a   Flesch, T K ^b   Coates, T ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; BEEF CATTLE; BOS TAURUS; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); DISPERSION MODELS; DISPERSION TECHNIQUE; DISTILLERS DRIED GRAINS; DRY MATTERS; EMISSION COEFFICIENT; HORDEUM VULGARE; LAGRANGIAN; METHANE LOSS; MITIGATION STRATEGY; NATIONAL EMISSIONS INVENTORIES; PEARSON COEFFICIENT; POINT SOURCES; POSITION SYSTEMS; RELATIVE ACCURACY; TRACER TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; METHANE; NUTRITION;

DISPERSIONS;

METHANE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACKWARD LAGRANGIAN STOCHASTIC DISPERSION; BARLEY; BEEF CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; DATA ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GREENHOUSE GAS; NONHUMAN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS TAURUS; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 69749083923     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0531     Document Type: Article

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