Estimation of solar radiation for use in crop modelling

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 293-300

  Hunt, L A ^a   Kuchar, L ^b   Swanton, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Precipitation; Solar angle; Solar constant; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

CROP MODELLING; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0032103224     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(98)00055-0     Document Type: Article

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