Testing of a Lagrangian model of dispersion in the surface layer with cattle methane emissions

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 150, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1428-1442

  Laubach, Johannes ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Atmospheric surface layer; Backward Lagrangian stochastic model; Cattle CH4 emissions; Gas dispersion; Horizontal flux profiles; Turbulent Schmidt number

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPERSION; DISSIPATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; METHANE; STOCHASTICITY;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 77956861792     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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