Odor index: An integration of odor parameters for swine slurry odors

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 219-223

  Qu, Guoliang ^a   Edeogu, Ikechukwu E ^b   Feddes, Jonh J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concentration; Hedonic tone; Intensity; Measurement; Model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PRODUCTION; FARM ODOR; GEOMETRIC MEAN; HEADSPACES; HEDONIC TONE; INTENSITY MEASUREMENTS; ODOR CONCENTRATIONS; ODOR DISPERSION; ODOR INDEX; ODOR INTENSITY; PIG SLURRIES; POWER FUNCTIONS; SWINE SLURRY;

INTEGRATION; MANURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ODORS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANURE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; ODOR;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 77949860295     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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