Satellite-based estimates of longwave radiation for agricultural applications

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 349-355

  Diak, George R ^a   Bland, William L ^b   Mecikalski, John R ^a   Anderson, Martha C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Geostationary satellites; Longwave radiation; Pyrgeometers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; DOWNWELLING; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0034237493     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(00)00141-6     Document Type: Article

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