Simply obtained global radiation, soil temperature and soil moisture in an alley cropping system in semi-arid Kenya

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 63-78

  Mungai, D N ^a   Stigter, C J ^b   Coulson, C L ^a   Ng'ang'a, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

KENYA; MACHAKOS;

EID: 0034071627     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007040050005     Document Type: Article

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