An algorith to provide UK global radiation for use with models

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-49

  Hamer, P J C ^a  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Global radiation algorithm; Meteorological models; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

SOLAR RADIATION;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONS; INTERPOLATION; METEOROLOGY;

GLOBAL RADIATION ALGORITHM;

CULTIVATION;

EID: 0032590260     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(98)00042-8     Document Type: Article

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