Wettability and high incidence angle light transmittance of greenhouse claddings

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 703-706

  Pollet, I V ^a   Pieters, J G ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Department of Agricultural Engineering ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Greenhouse cladding; High incidence angle; Light transmittance; Wettability

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE CLADDING MATERIALS;

COATING TECHNIQUES; CONDENSATION; GLASS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PLASTIC COATINGS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYETHYLENES; WETTING;

GREENHOUSES;

GREENHOUSE; WETTING;

EID: 0034190701     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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