Microclimate of Livestock and Poultry Houses and Greenhouses: Monitoring, Modeling, Prediction, and Control

Dear Colleagues,

Microclimate change has been one of the biggest environmental stressors challenging the global animal industry as it adversely affects the performance and health of animals, particularly chicken. This is because chickens are vulnerable to heat stress, and they can only tolerate a narrow range of temperatures. The critical temperature for livestock and poultry is highly dependent on age. Additionally, the emission factors and characteristics of ammonia (NH₃), hydrogen sulfide (H₂S), carbon dioxide (CO₂), and particulate matter (PM) from livestock and poultry houses have been identified as important research subjects to meat production. Similarly, microclimate analysis and control in the greenhouse are equally important for plant production.

This Special Issue aims to examine the state of the art in this important topic, investigating topics which may include but are not limited to the following: design and optimization of air quality sensors, agricultural big data analytics based on sensor data and deep learning,  analysis and control of air quality in livestock and poultry houses, microclimate analysis of poultry and livestock houses based on computational fluid dynamics, analysis and control of the microclimate in greenhouses, and agricultural gas analysis based on electronic nose.

Dr. Xiuguo Zou
Dr. Steven Su
Dr. Xiaochen Zhu
Dr. Yan Qian
Dr. Yuhua Li
Dr. Wentian Zhang
Guest Editors

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• design and optimization of air quality sensors
• agricultural big data analytics based on sensor data and deep learning
• monitoring, modeling, prediction, and control of air quality in livestock and poultry houses
• microclimate analysis of poultry and livestock houses based on computational fluid dynamics
• modelling, prediction, and control of the microclimate in greenhouses
• agricultural gas analysis based on electronic nose