Odor mitigation with tree buffers: Swine production case study

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 149, Issue , 2012, Pages 154-163

  Hernandez, Guillermo ^a,b   Trabue, Steven ^a   Sauer, Thomas ^a   Pfeiffer, Richard ^a   Tyndall, John ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Odor; Particulate; Shelterbelt; Swine; Tree buffer; VOCs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUFFER ZONE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; FLOW PATTERN; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MITIGATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; ODOR; PARTICULATE MATTER; PIG; SHELTERBELT; SUSTAINABILITY; VEGETATION COVER; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; WIND FIELD; WIND TUNNEL;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84856298663     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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