Atmospheric NH3 dynamics at a typical pig farm in China and their implications

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 455-463

  Xu, Wen ^a   Zheng, Kun ^a   Liu, Xuejun ^a   Meng, Lingmin ^a   Huaitalla, Roxana M ^b   Shen, Jianlin ^c   Hartung, Eberhand ^d   Gallmann, Eva ^b   Roelcke, Marco ^e   Zhang, Fusuo ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Concentration; Emission; Gan qing fen system; Industrial pig farm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903315880     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2014.053     Document Type: Article

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