Mediterranean greenhouse energy balance

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 456, Issue , 1998, Pages 375-382

  Pita, Gabriel P A ^a   Pontes, Manuel ^a   Vargues, Alberto ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b Estacao Agronomica Nacional   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Energy fluxes; Greenhouse model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012388926     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1998.456.45     Document Type: Conference Paper

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