Measuring solar radiation transmission in tropical agriculture using tube solarimeters; a warning

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 235-243

  Mungai, D N ^a   Stigter, C J ^b   Coulson, C L ^a   Ng'etich, W K ^a   Muniafu, M M ^a   Kainkwa, R M R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Condensation; Leaf area index; Solar radiation; Solarimeters

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030701919     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(96)02425-2     Document Type: Article

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