“…Several characteristics of manure management systems impact T m , such as manure surface area, volume, enthalpy of input manure (volume and temperature), tank covers, and environmental factors such as solar radiation, latitude, precipitation, evaporation, and wind speed. Among these factors, solar radiation is the primary heat input, and evaporative heat transfer is one of the major heat losses from manure tanks (Cluett et al., 2020; Rennie et al., 2017). Considering evaporative cooling is a function of both surface wind speed and surface area, a negative correlation between R s:v and T diff is plausible.…”