Review of airborne emissions from agricultural fumigants: Design and uncertainty considerations for the use of the integrated horizontal flux method

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1366-1374

  Sullivan, D A ^a   Ajwa, H A ^b  

^a Sullivan Environmental Consulting Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FUMIGANT; AIRBORNE CONCENTRATIONS; AIRBORNE EMISSIONS; AREA SOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC FLUXES; FIELD RESEARCH; FIELD STUDIES; FUNCTION OF TIME; GROUND-LEVEL; HORIZONTAL FLUXES; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; OTHER APPLICATIONS; PROFILE DATA; SOURCE TERMS; WASTE DISPOSAL SITES; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

DESIGN; FUMIGATION; PESTICIDES; SEWAGE LAGOONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

DIMETHYL DISULFIDE; FUMIGANT; PESTICIDE;

ACCURACY; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AIRBORNE EMISSION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD STUDY; INTEGRATED HORIZONTAL FLUX; MEDICAL RESEARCH; STUDY DESIGN; WIND; AGRICULTURE; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

AGRICULTURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PESTICIDES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 80053057192     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0245     Document Type: Article

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