Use of AERMOD to determine a hydrogen sulfide emission factor for swine operations by inverse modeling

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 4617-4625

  O'Shaughnessy, Patrick T ^a   Altmaier, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

AERMOD; Confinement buildings; Emission factor; Hydrogen sulfide; Inverse modeling

Indexed keywords

AERMOD; AMBIENT MEASUREMENT; AREA SOURCES; CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS; EMISSION FACTOR; EMISSION FACTORS; EMISSION FLUXES; EMISSION RATES; FLOOR AREAS; FLUX RATES; HYDROGEN SULFIDE EMISSION; INVERSE MODELING; OPTIMAL SETTING; PLUME DISPERSION; SULFIDE CONCENTRATION; SWINE OPERATIONS; THRESHOLD LEVELS; VOLUME SOURCE; WASTE LAGOONS;

ANIMALS; HYDROGEN; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LAKES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR DETERMINATION;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

AMMONIA; HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; EMISSION INVENTORY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INVERSE ANALYSIS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIG; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXHAUST GAS; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79960611776     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.061     Document Type: Article

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