Comparison of ambient odor assessment techniques in a controlled environment

ASABE - International Symposium on Air Quality and Waste Management for Agriculture 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 269-278

  Henry, C G ^a   Schulte, D D ^a   Hoff, S J ^b   Jacobson, L D ^c   Parkhurst, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient odor assessment; Dynamic triangular forced choice olfactometry; Mask Scentometer; Nasal Ranger ; Odor intensity

Indexed keywords

AIR DISPERSION; CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; GEOMETRIC MEAN; IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY; ODOR ASSESSMENT; ODOR INTENSITY; REGRESSION SLOPE; SWINE MANURE;

AGRICULTURE; AIR QUALITY; MANURES; ODORS; RANGE FINDING; RATING;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79955126128     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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