Modeling of the short wave radiation distribution in an agroforestry system

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 185-206

  Zhao, Wenguang ^a,b   Qualls, Russell J ^a   Berliner, Pedro R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Canopy; Model; Radiation

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; MODELING; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

EID: 0345099645     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(03)00108-4     Document Type: Article

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