Calibration and evaluation of an electronic sensor for rainfall kinetic energy

Phytopathology

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 950-959

  Madden, L V ^a   Wilson, L L ^a   Ntahimpera, N ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental epidemiology; Meteorology; Quantitative epidemiology; Spore dissemination

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC SENSOR; KINETIC ENERGY; RAIN; SENSOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031662193     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.1998.88.9.950     Document Type: Article

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