Estimating exposure to hydrogen sulfide from animal husbandry operations using satellite ammonia as a proxy: Methodology demonstration.

Husbandry trace gases that have climate change implications such as carbon dioxide (CO), methane (CH) and ammonia (NH) can be quantified through remote sensing; however, many husbandry gases with health implications such as hydrogen sulfide (HS), cannot. This pilot study demonstrates an approach to derive HS concentrations by coupling in situ and remote sensing data. Using AMOG (AutoMObile trace Gas) Surveyor, a mobile air quality and meteorology laboratory, we measured in situ concentrations of CH, CO, NH, HS, and wind at a southern California university research dairy.

Validation of mobile in situ measurements of dairy husbandry emissions by fusion of airborne/surface remote sensing with seasonal context from the Chino Dairy Complex.

Mobile in situ concentration and meteorology data were collected for the Chino Dairy Complex in the Los Angeles Basin by AMOG (AutoMObile trace Gas) Surveyor on 25 June 2015 to characterize husbandry emissions in the near and far field in convoy mode with MISTIR (Mobile Infrared Sensor for Tactical Incident Response), a mobile upwards-looking, column remote sensing spectrometer. MISTIR reference flux validated AMOG plume inversions at different information levels including multiple gases, GoogleEarth imagery, and airborne trace gas remote sensing data. Long-term (9-yr.

Remote sensing and in situ measurements of methane and ammonia emissions from a megacity dairy complex: Chino, CA.

Methane (CH) and ammonia (NH) directly and indirectly affect the atmospheric radiative balance with the latter leading to aerosol generation. Both have important spectral features in the Thermal InfraRed (TIR) that can be studied by remote sensing, with NH allowing discrimination of husbandry from other CH sources. Airborne hyperspectral imagery was collected for the Chino Dairy Complex in the Los Angeles Basin as well as in situ CH, carbon dioxide (CO) and NH data.