Tillage and straw management affect PM10 emission potential in subarctic Alaska

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 144, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-7

  Gao, Fei ^a,b   Feng, G ^a,e   Sharratt, B ^c   Zhang, M ^d  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate size distribution; Air quality; Dust; SWEEP; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; AGRICULTURE; AIR QUALITY; DUST; EROSION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SILT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TOOLS;

AGGREGATE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; BARLEY (HORDEUM VULGARE L.); LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PRIMARY PARTICLE SIZE; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; SWEEP; WIND EROSIONS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

AGGREGATE; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BARLEY; DUST; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRAW; SUBARCTIC REGION; TILLAGE; WIND EROSION;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904305880     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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