A geometric solar radiation model with applications in agriculture and forestry

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 37, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 25-35

  Fu, Pinde ^a,c   Rich, Paul M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ESRI   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental modeling; Geographical information systems; GIS; Insolation; Solar radiation maps; Temperature maps

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; INTERPOLATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; VEGETATION;

TOPOGRAPHY;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; INSOLATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036900417     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(02)00115-1     Document Type: Article

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