Use of the Scintillometer Technique over a Rice Paddy

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-234

  Green, Alan Edwin ^a   Hayashi, Yousay ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low Bowen ratio; Refractive index; Rice paddy; Scintillation; Sensible heat flux

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000624038     PISSN: 00218588     EISSN: 18810136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2480/agrmet.54.225     Document Type: Article

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