Accuracy of micrometeorological techniques for detecting a change in methane emissions from a herd of cattle

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 176, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-63

  Laubach, Johannes ^a   Bai, Mei ^b   Pinares Patiño, Cesar S ^c   Phillips, Frances A ^b   Naylor, Travis A ^b   Molano, German ^c   Cárdenas Rocha, Edgar A ^c,d   Griffith, David W T ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric surface layer; Backward Lagrangian stochastic model; Cattle CH4 emissions; Gas dispersion; Mass budget technique; Tracer ratio techniques

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CATTLE; DATA ACQUISITION; DIURNAL VARIATION; EMISSION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; METHANE; MICROMETEOROLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 84877357436     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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