Modelling minimum air temperature in partially and clear felled forests

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 223-235

  Blennow, Kristina ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agro climatic mapping; Forest clear cut; Frost protection; GIS; Radiative cooling; Shelterwood; Soil preparation; View factor

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLEAR CUT; FOREST; MICROMETEOROLOGY;

EID: 0032102239     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(98)00069-0     Document Type: Article

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