An intercomparison of models used to simulate the short-range atmospheric dispersion of agricultural ammonia emissions

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 90-102

  Theobald, Mark R ^a,b   Løfstrøm, Per ^c   Walker, John ^d   Andersen, Helle V ^c   Pedersen, Poul ^e   Vallejo, Antonio ^a   Sutton, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e Danish Agriculture and Food Council   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Ammonia; Atmospheric dispersion model; Evaluation; Validation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOURCES; AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIA EMISSIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION MODELS; BEST MODEL; CONCENTRATION PREDICTION; DENMARK; DRY/WET DEPOSITION; EVALUATION; EXIT VELOCITY; INTERCOMPARISONS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; OBJECTIVE CRITERIA; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SOIL SURFACES; VALIDATION; VOLUME SOURCE;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AMMONIA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; METEOROLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURFACE; VALUATION;

DENMARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861929384     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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