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Provedor de dados: | 91
País: | Brazil
Título: | Spatial variability of air temperature in a free-stall in the Northeastern semi-arid region of Brazil
Autores: | Gonçalves,Indira C. M.; Turco,Silvia H. N.; Ramos,Clóvis M. C.
Data: | 2016-01-01
Ano: | 2016
Palavras-chave: | Dairy cattle; Thermal comfort; Geostatistics; Animal production systems; Precision animal production.
Resumo: | ABSTRACT The knowledge on the spatial variability of climatic attributes and the building of Kriging maps can assist in the design and management of confined animal facilities, by allowing a spatial visualization that is helpful for the planning and control of information from the production environment. The study aimed to characterize the spatial variability of air temperature in a free-stall barn used for dairy cattle confinement located in Petrolina-PE, Brazil, in different seasons and at different times. The variable air temperature was recorded at 136 points distributed in the areas under the shed and the shade cloth for the study of spatial variability and the construction of maps by Kriging. Air temperature data was collected in the winter and in the summer, in the months of July and August (2013) and January and February (2014), at different times (9 and 15 h). According to the results, the use of geostatistics enabled to define areas with different spatial variabilities in air temperature and specific areas in the free-stall with values higher than the recommended levels for thermal comfort. In addition, the central part of the facility is the region with the lowest values of air temperatures, due to the presence of a ridge vent.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-43662016000100067
Editor: | Departamento de Engenharia Agrícola  - UFCG
Relação: | 10.1590/1807-1929/agriambi.v20n1p67-71
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental  v.20 n.1 2016
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess