A solar radiation model for use in biological applications in the South and Southeastern USA

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 31-51

  Cooter, Ellen J ^a,c   Dhakhwa, Gyanendra B ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Laboratory

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP MODEL; GEOGRAPHICAL STRATIFICATION; SOLAR RADIATION MODEL;

USA, SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0029669374     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1923(95)02241-4     Document Type: Article

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