Predicting the microclimate inside a greenhouse: An application of a one-dimensional numerical model in an unheated greenhouse

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 291-297

  Zhang, Yinsuo ^a,b   Mahrer, Yitzhak ^a   Margolin, Meir ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Inner Mongolia Meteorological Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Greenhouse; Leaf temperature; Leaf wetness duration; Microclimate; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030669298     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(96)02422-7     Document Type: Article

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