Calculation of NH3 Emissions, Evaluation of Backward Lagrangian Stochastic Dispersion Model and Aerodynamic Gradient Method

Kamp, Jesper Nørlem; Häni, Christoph; Nyord, Tavs; Feilberg, Anders; Sørensen, Lise Lotte (2021). Calculation of NH3 Emissions, Evaluation of Backward Lagrangian Stochastic Dispersion Model and Aerodynamic Gradient Method Atmosphere, 12(1), p. 102. MDPI 10.3390/atmos12010102

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Two campaigns measuring ammonia (NH3) emissions with different measurement techniques were performed on a large grass field (26 ha) after the application of liquid animal manure. The aim was to compare emissions from a confined area estimated from either (i) concentration measurements, both point and line-integrated measurements, combined with backward Lagrangian stochastic (bLS) dispersion modeling or by (ii) estimation of the vertical flux by the aerodynamic gradient method (AGM) with and without footprint correction approximated by the bLS model estimates of the flux footprint. The objective of the comparison is to establish the best practice to derive NH3 emissions from a large field. NH3 emissions derived from bLS agreed well when comparing point and line-integrated measurements. Simple point measurements combined with bLS yield good emission estimations for the confined area. Without footprint correction, the AGM underestimates the emissions by up to 9% compared to the footprint-corrected AGM results. The sensitivity of the measurement methods makes it possible to quantify NH3 emissions with diurnal patterns even five days after a field application of liquid animal manure under wet conditions. The bLS model proves to be a strong tool to determine the NH3 emissions from point concentration measurements inside a large field after a slurry application.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL
School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > Agriculture
School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > Agriculture > Sustainability and Circular Economy

Name:

Kamp, Jesper Nørlem;
Häni, Christoph0000-0003-1458-1849;
Nyord, Tavs;
Feilberg, Anders and
Sørensen, Lise Lotte

Subjects:

G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
S Agriculture > SF Animal culture

ISSN:

2073-4433

Publisher:

MDPI

Language:

English

Submitter:

Christoph Häni

Date Deposited:

07 Apr 2021 11:18

Last Modified:

26 Sep 2021 02:18

Publisher DOI:

10.3390/atmos12010102

Uncontrolled Keywords:

ammonia emission; backward Lagrangian stochastic model; micrometeorological techniques; differential optical absorption spectroscopy; cavity ring-down spectroscopy; grassland

ARBOR DOI:

10.24451/arbor.14473

URI:

https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/14473

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