EMI-sensor data to identify areas for potential emissions of volatile fatty acids from feedlot surfaces

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2009, ASABE 2009

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 2846-2857

  Woodbury, Bryan L ^a   Eigenberg, Roger A ^a   Varel, Vince H ^a   Spiehs, Mindy J ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic induction; Linear regression; Soil conductivity; Volatile fatty acid; Wet distillers grains with solubles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS; CONCENTRATION RANGES; EMI SENSORS; FEEDLOT PENS; FERMENTATION PRODUCTS; GPS LOCATION; GRID MAP; HIGH INTENSITY RAINFALL; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MULTI-LINEAR REGRESSION; PREDICTIVE MODELS; PRODUCTION VALUE; RESPONSE SURFACE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAMPLE LOCATION; SENSOR DATA; SOIL CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL SAMPLE; SURFACE AREA; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACIDS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; CARBOHYDRATES; DAMPING; ECOLOGY; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDING; FERMENTATION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); INDUCTANCE MEASUREMENT; LOCATION; MANURES; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

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EID: 76549131539     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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