Protocols for reliable field olfactometry odor evaluations

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 457-466

  Brandt, Robin C ^a,b   Adviento Borbe, M Arlene A ^a   Elliott, Herschel A ^b   Wheeler, Eileen F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field olfactometry; Livestock; Multi assessor repeat observation; Nasal Ranger Field Olfactometer; Odors

Indexed keywords

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA; COMPLEX MIXTURE; DETECTION LEVELS; DYNAMIC OLFACTOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FIELD OLFACTOMETRY; HUMAN PERCEPTION; LIVESTOCK; MULTI-ASSESSOR REPEAT OBSERVATION; ODOR EVALUATION; ODOR PANEL; ODOR SOURCES; POWER ANALYSIS; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SAMPLING STATIONS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND VELOCITIES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ODORS; RANGE FINDING;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 79959358991     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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