Effects of diurnal emission patterns and sampling frequency on precision of measurement methods for daily ammonia emissions from animal houses

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-24

  Estelles, F ^a   Calvet, S ^a   Ogink, N W M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; HOUSES; MAMMALS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIA EMISSIONS; DIURNAL EMISSIONS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; MEASUREMENT METHODS; RANDOM COMPONENTS; SAMPLING FREQUENCIES; SYSTEMATIC DEVIATION;

AMMONIA;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 77956011589     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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