Grantee Research Project Results
2010 Progress Report: Atmospheric Ammonia Emissions from the Livestock Sector: Development and Evaluation of a Process-based Modeling Approach
EPA Grant Number: R834549Title: Atmospheric Ammonia Emissions from the Livestock Sector: Development and Evaluation of a Process-based Modeling Approach
Investigators: Adams, Peter
Institution: Carnegie Mellon University
EPA Project Officer: Chung, Serena
Project Period: May 1, 2010 through April 30, 2014 (Extended to November 30, 2015)
Project Period Covered by this Report: April 1, 2010 through March 31,2011
Project Amount: $483,827
RFA: Novel Approaches to Improving Air Pollution Emissions Information (2009) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Air Quality and Air Toxics , Air
Objective:
The objective of this project is to build an improved atmospheric ammonia emissions inventory for US livestock by developing and evaluating a process-based approach that accounts for regional and temporal variations in weather and farming practices. We will accomplish this by pursuing the following goals and tasks:
Progress Summary:
Future Activities:
Work over the next year will focus on developing a farm model and then national inventory for beef cows. We will develop a farm model for beef cows (Task 1 of the proposal), evaluate it with NAEMS data (Task 2) and then build a national model of beef cow farming practices (Task 3). Beef cows represent a logical first step for Alyssa, being somewhat similar to Rob Pinder's work on dairy cows. After beef, she will move on to working on the other livestock types.
Journal Articles:
No journal articles submitted with this report: View all 3 publications for this projectSupplemental Keywords:
acid deposition, particulate matter, ecosystem, agricultureProgress and Final Reports:
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Project Research Results
- Final Report
- 2014 Progress Report
- 2013 Progress Report
- 2012 Progress Report
- 2011 Progress Report
- Original Abstract
1 journal articles for this project