Dynamic simulation of Ammonia Concentration and Emission within swine barns: Part II. Model calibration and validation

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 925-938

  Cortus, E L ^a   Lemay, S P ^b   Barber, E M ^c  

^a South Dakota State University   (United States)

^b Institut de recherche et de developpement en agroenvironnement   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia Concentration; Ammonia emission; Model calibration; Model validation; Modeling; Swine

Indexed keywords

AIR EXCHANGE RATES; AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIA EMISSIONS; AMMONIA PRODUCTION; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CRITICAL COMPONENT; DATA SETS; DYNAMIC SIMULATION; FLOOR AREAS; FLOOR SURFACE; HEADSPACES; INPUT DATAS; MODEL CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION; MODEL VALIDATION; SLATTED FLOOR; TOTAL AMMONIACAL NITROGEN; UREASE ACTIVITY; VOLATILE FRACTIONS;

AMMONIA; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FARM BUILDINGS; FLOORS; FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS; SLURRIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AMMONIA; CALIBRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INDOOR AIR; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MODEL VALIDATION; NITROGEN; PH; PIG; SLURRY;

SUIDAE;

EID: 77954102785     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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