Experimental and numerical studies on the heterogeneity of crop transpiration in a plastic tunnel

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 34, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 173-190

  Boulard, T ^a   Wang, S ^b  

^a Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Climate heterogeneity; Crop transpiration; Greenhouse tunnel

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GREENHOUSES; SOLAR CELLS; TUNNELS; WATER RESOURCES;

TRANSPIRATION FLUX;

CROPS;

CROP PLANT; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; TRANSPIRATION;

LACTUCA;

EID: 0036072798     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(01)00186-7     Document Type: Article

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