WindTrax Publications

The following is a partial list of publications using WindTrax; if you know of others that don't appear here, please let me know:

Bai, Mei.. 2010. Methane emissions from livestock measured by novel spectroscopic techniques. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Wollongong. School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong. http://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/3229.

Bjorneberg, D.L., A. B. Leytem, D. T. Westermann, P. R. Griffiths, L. Shao, and Pollard, M. J.. 2009. Measurement of atmospheric ammonia, methane and nitrous oxide at a concentrated diary production facility in southern Idaho using open path FTIR spectrometry. Trans ASABE. Vol. 52:1749-1756.

Caraway, E.A., Parker, D.B., Casey, K.D., Olsen, M.J., Donnell, C., Rhoades, M.B., Spears, J.. 2008. Diel VOC emissions from a beef cattle feedyard. ASABE Paper No. 084136. In Proceedings 2008 AmericanSociety of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, Providence, Rhode Island.

Carozzi, M., Loubet, B., Acutis, M., Rana, G., and Ferrara, R.M.. 2013. Inverse dispersion modelling highlights the efficiency of slurry injection to reduce ammonia losses by agriculture in the Po Valley (Italy). Agric. For. Meteorol. 171-172:306-318.

Carozzi M., Ferrara R.M., Rana G., Acutis M.. 2013. Evaluation of mitigation strategies to reduce ammonia losses from slurry fertilisation on arable lands. The Science of the Total Environment, 449:126-133.

Coates, T., S.M. McGinn, and Bauer, J.. Application of open-path TDL analysers for determination of methane and ammonia emissions from livestock facilities. 26th Conference on Ag. & Forest Meteorology, 2004, Vancouver. (link)

Denmead. O.T.. 2008. Approaches to measuring fluxes of methane and nitrous oxide between landscapes and the atmosphere. Plant and Soil, 309:1, 5-24.

Denmead, O.T., D. Chen, D. W. T. Griffith, Z. M. Loh, M. Bai and Naylor, T.. 2008. Emissions of the indirect greenhouse gases NH3 and NOx from Australian beef cattle feedlots. Austr. J. Exp. Agric. 48:213-218.

Denmead, O.T., D. Chen, D. Turner, Y. Li, and Edis, R.B.. 2004. Micrometeorological measurements of ammonia emissions during phases of the grazing rotation of irrigated dairy pastures. SuperSoil 2004, 3rd Australian New Zealand Soils Conference, University of Sydney, Australia.

Flesch, T.K., Harper, L.A., Powell, J.M., and Wilson, J.D.. 2009. Inverse dispersion calculation of ammonia emissions from Wisconsin dairy farms. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. 52:253-265.

Flesch T.K., and Wilson, J.D.. 2005. Estimating Tracer Emissions with a Backward Lagrangian Stochastic Technique. Pg. 513-531. In Micrometeorology in Agricultural Systems. J.L. Hatfield and J.M. Baker (Editors). American Society of Agronomy. Madison, WI.

Flesch, T.K., J.D. Wilson, L.A. Harper, and Crenna, B.P.. 2005. Estimating gas emission from a farm using an inverse-dispersion technique. Atmospheric Environ. 39:4863-4874

Flesch, T.K., Verge, X.P.C., Desjardins, R.L., Worth, D.. 2013. Methane emissions from a swine manure tank in western Canada. Canadian Journal of Animal Science, 93:1, 159-169.

Gao, Z., M. Mauder, R.L. Desjardins, T.K. Flesch, and van Haarlem, R.P.. 2009. Assessment of the backward Lagrangian Stochastic dispersion technique for continuous measurements of CH4 emissions. Agric. For. Meteorol. 149:1516-1523.

Gao, Z., R.L. Desjardins, and Flesch, T.K.. 2009. Comparison of a simplified micrometeorological mass difference technique and an inverse dispersion technique for estimating methane emissions from small area sources. Agric. For. Meteorol. 149:891-898.

Gao, Z., R.L. Desjardins, and Flesch, T.K.. 2010. Assessment of the uncertainty of using an inverse-dispersion technique to measure methane emissions from animals in a barn and in a small pen. Atmospheric Environ. 44:3128-3134.

Griffith, D.W.T., Bryanta, G.R., Hsua, D., Reisinger, A.R.. 2008. Methane Emissions from Free-Ranging Cattle: Comparison of Tracer and Integrated Horizontal Flux Techniques. J. Environ. Qual., 37:2, 582-591.

Harper, L.A., T.K. Flesch, and Wilson, J.D.. 2010. Ammonia emissions from broiler production in the San Joaquin Valley. Poultry Sci. In Press.

Harper, L.A., Flesch, T.K., Weaver, K.H., Wilson, J.D.. 2010. The Effect of Biofuel Production on Swine Farm Methane and Ammonia Emissions. J. Environ. Qual., 39:6, 1984-1992.

Harper, L.A., T.K. Flesch, J.M. Powell, W.K. Coblentz, W.E. Jokela, and Martin, N.P.. 2009. Ammonia emissions from dairy production in Wisconsin. Journal of Dairy Science. 92:2326-2337.

Harper, L.A., T.K. Flesch, N.A. Cole, and Todd, R.. 2004. Air quality and global-change gas emissions in a beef feeding operation. 2004 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings, Seattle.

Laubach, J. and Kelliher, F.M.. 2005 Measuring methane emission rates of a dairy cow herd (II): results from a backward-Lagrangian stochastic model. J. Agricultural and Forest Meteor. 129:137-150.

Laubach, J.. 2010 Testing of a Lagrangian model of dispersion in the surface layer with cattle methane emissions. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 150, 1428?1442.

Leytem, A.B., Dungan, R.S., Bjorneberg, D.L., Koehn, A.C.. 2012. Greenhouse Gas and Ammonia Emissions from an Open-Freestall Dairy in Southern Idaho. J. Environ. Qual. 42:1, 10-20.

Leytem, A.B., R. S. Dungan, D. L. Bjorneberg, and Koehn, A.C.. 2010. Emissions of ammonia, methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide from dairy cattle housing and manure management systems. J. Environ. Qual., 40:5, 1383-94

Loh, Z., R. Leuning, S. Zegelin, D. Etheridge, M. Bai, T. Naylor, and Griffith, D.. 2009. Testing Lagrangian atmospheric dispersion modeling to monitor CO2 and CH4 leakage from geosequestration. Atmos. Environ. 43:2602-2611.

Loh, Z., Chen, D., Bai, M., Naylor, T., Griffith, D., Hill, J., Denmead, T., McGinn, S., Edis, R.. 2008. Measurement of greenhouse gas emissions from Australian feedlot beef production using open-path spectroscopy and atmospheric dispersion modelling. Aust. J. Exp. Agr., 48:1&2, 244-247.

McGinn, S.M., Turner, D., Tomkins, N., Charmley, E., Bishop-Hurley, G.; Chen, D.. 2011. Methane emissions from grazing cattle using point-source dispersion. J. Environ. Qual., 40:1, 22-27.

McGinn, S.M., Flesch, T.K., Chen, D., Crenna, B., Denmead, O. T., Naylor, T., Rowell, D.. 2010. Coarse Particulate Matter Emissions from Cattle Feedlots in Australia. J ENVIRON QUAL , 39:3, 791-798.

McGinn, S.M., K. A. Beauchemin, T. K. Flesch, and Coates, T.. 2009. Performance of a dispersion model to estimate methane loss from cattle in pens. J. Environmental Quality 38:1796-1802.

McGinn, S.M., Beauchemin, K.A., Flesch, T.K., Coates, T.. 2009. Performance of a Dispersion Model to Estimate Methane Loss from Cattle in Pens. J. Environ. Qual., 38:5, 1796-1802.

McGinn, S.M., T. Coates, T.K. Flesch, and Crenna, B.P.. 2008. Ammonia emissions from dairy cow manure stored in a lagoon over summer. Canadian J. Soil Sci. 88:611-615.

McGinn, S.M., D. Chen, Z. Loh, J. Hill, K.A. Beauchemin, and Denmead, O.T.. 2008. Methane emissions from feedlot cattle in Australia and Canada. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 48:183-185.

McGinn, S.M., Beauchemin, K.A.. 2007. Dairy Farm Methane Emissions Using a Dispersion Model.J. Environ. Qual., 36:6, 1585-1590.

McGinn, S.M., Flesch. T.K., Crenna, B.P., Beauchemin, K.A., Coates, T.. 2007. Quantifying Ammonia Emissions from a Cattle Feedlot using a Dispersion Model. J. Environ. Qual., 36:6, 1585-90.

McGinn, S.M., Flesch, T.K., Harper, L.A., Beauchemin, K.A.. 2006. An Approach for Measuring Methane Emissions from Whole Farms. J. Environ. Qual., 35:1, 14-20.

Price, J.E., R. E. Lacey, N.A. Cole, R. Todd, B.W. Shaw, S.C. Capareda, and Parnell, C.B. Jr. 2004. A Comparison of Ammonia Emission Rates from an Agricultural Area Source Using Dispersion Modeling: Gaussian versus Backward-Lagrangian Stochastic. Paper presented at the 2004 ASAE/CSAE Annual International Meeting held from August 1-4, 2004 at Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Paper No. 044199. (Controversial findings.)

Reese, E.. 2010. Comparison of Agricultural Area Source Ammonia Gas Concentration and Flux Measurements. Masters thesis, Utah State University, Paper 543. http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/543.

Rhoades, M., Parker, D., Cole, N., Todd, R., Caraway, E., Auvermann, B., Topliff, D., Schuster, G.. 2010. Continuous ammonia emission measurements from a commercial beef feedyard in Texas. Transactions of the ASABE, 53:6, 1823-1831.

Ro, K.S., Johnson M.H., Hunt, P.G., and Flesch, T.K. 2011. Measuring trace gas emission from multi-distributed sources using vertical radial plume mapping (VRPM) and backward Lagrangian stochastic (bLS) techniques. Atmosphere 2:553-566.

Ro, K.S., Johnson, M.H., Stone, K.C., Hunt, P.G., Flesch T.K., and Todd, R.W. 2012. Measuring gas emissions from animal waste lagoons with an inverse-dispersion technique. Atmos. Environ. 66:101-106.

Ro, K.S., Johnson, M.H., Stone, K.C., Hunt, P.G., Todd, R.W., Flesch, T.. 2012. Inverse-dispersion technique for assessing lagoon gas emissions. In: Proceedings of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting, July 29-August 1, 2012, Dallas, Texas, Paper #12-1337658. 8 pp.

Sanz, A., T. Misselbrook, M.J. Sanz, and A. Vallejo. 2010. Use of an inverse dispersion technique for estimating ammonia emission from surface-applied slurry in Central Spain. Atmos. Environ. 44:999-1002.

Sommer, S.G., S.M. McGinn, and Flesch, T.K.. 2005. Simple use of the backwards Lagrangian stochastic dispersion technique for measuring emissions from small field plots. European Journal of Agronomy 23:1-7.

Sommer SG, McGinn, S.M., Hao, X., and Larney, F.J.. 2004. Techniques for measuring gas emissions from a composting stockpile of cattle manure. Atmos. Environment 38: 4643-4652.

Trottier, S., Gunter, W.D., B. Kadatz, M. Olson, and Perkins, E.H.. 2009. Atmospheric monitoring for the Pembina Cardium CO2 Monitoring Project using open path laser technology. Energy Procedia 1:2307-2314

Turner, D.A., Edis, R.B., Chen, D., Freney, J.R., Denmead, O.T., and Christie, R.. 2010. Determination and mitigation of ammonia loss from urea applied to winter wheat with N-(n-butyl) thiophosphorictriamide. Agric Ecosys Environ. 137 (2010) 261-266.

Vaddella, V.K., Ndegwa, P.M., and Joo, H.. 2010. A process-based model for ammonia emissions from storages of flushed dairy manure. 2010 ASABE Meetings, Pittsburg PA

Yang, Z.P., Turner, D.A., Zhang, J.J., Wang, Y.L., Chen, M.C., Zhang, Q., Denmead, O.T., Chen, D., Freney, J.R.. 2011. Loss of nitrogen by ammonia volatilisation and denitrification after application of urea to maize in Shanxi Province. China. Soil Research, 49:5, 462-469.

General references

General references on the BLS technique and its use in non-ideal conditions:

Crenna, B.P., Flesch, T.K., and J.D. Wilson. 2007. Influence of source-sensor geometry on multi-source emission rate estimates. Atmos. Environment 42:7373-7383.(link)

Flesch, T.K., Wilson, J.D., and L.A. Harper. 2005. Deducing ground-air emissions from observed trace gas concentrations: A field trial with wind disturbance. J. of Applied Meteorology 39:4863-4874.

Flesch, T.K., Wilson, J.D., Harper, L.A., Crenna, B.P., and R.R. Sharpe. 2004. Deducing ground-air emissions from observed trace gas concentrations: A field trial. J. of Applied Meteorology. 43:487-502. (Documents the foundation of WindTrax)

Flesch, T.K., J.D. Wilson, and E. Yee. 1995. Backward-time Lagrangian stochastic dispersion models, and their application to estimate gaseous emissions. J. of Applied Meteor. 34:1320-1332.

Wilson, J.D., Flesch, T.K., and Bourdin, P.. 2010. Ground to air gas emission rate inferred from measured concentration rise, within a disturbed atmospheric surface layer. J. Applied Meteorol. & Climatol. 49:1818-1830.

Wilson, J.D., T.K. Flesch, and L.A. Harper. 2001. Micro-meteorological methods for estimating surface exchange with a disturbed windflow. J. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 107:207-225.

(Updated March 28, 2013)