Air flow and associated sensible heat exchanges in a naturally ventilated greenhouse

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 88, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 111-119

  Boulard, T ^a   Papadakis, G ^b   Kittas, C ^c   Mermier, M ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air flow; Computational fluid dynamics; Temperature; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; GREENHOUSE; HEAT TRANSFER; VENTILATION;

AIR FLOW; GREENHOUSE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX;

EID: 0031592292     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(97)00043-9     Document Type: Article

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