Ammonia emission model for whole farm evaluation of dairy production systems

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1143-1158

  Rotz, C Alan ^a   Montes, Felipe ^b   Hafner, Sasha D ^c   Heber, Albert J ^d   Grant, Richard H ^e  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hafner Consulting LLC   (United States)

^d Purdue University   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DIGITAL STORAGE; FARM BUILDINGS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MANURES;

APPLICATION METHOD; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; DRY MATTER CONTENT; EMISSION MEASUREMENT; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SIMULATED EMISSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AMMONIA;

ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FARMING SYSTEM; GRAZING; HYDROLYSIS; MANURE; NITRATE LEACHING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PASTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 84904612147     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.04.0121     Document Type: Article

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