Photosynthetically-active radiation: Sky radiance distributions under clear and overcast conditions

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 82, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 267-292

  Grant, Richard H ^a   Heisler, Gordon M ^b   Gao, Wei ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

IRRADIATION; PAR; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 0030434855     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1923(95)02327-5     Document Type: Article

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