Photosynthetically active radiation in Athens

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 287-298

  Papaioannou, G ^a   Nikolidakis, G ^a   Asimakopoulos, D ^a,b   Retails, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RADIATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

GREECE, ATHENS;

EID: 0030274306     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1923(95)02290-2     Document Type: Article

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