A similitude model for testing greenhouse evaporative cooling pads under the hot-arid conditions of the U.A.E.

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 456, Issue , 1998, Pages 329-337

  Al Massoum, Ahmed ^a   Haffar, Imad ^a   Ahmed, Mahmoud H ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Date fronds; Evaporative cooling; Protected cropping; Similitude model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012395553     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1998.456.39     Document Type: Conference Paper

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