Estimating solar radiation for crop modeling using temperature data from urban and rural stations

Climate Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-243

  Mavromatis, T ^a   Jagtap, S S ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Crop simulation models; Florida; RadEst; Solar radiation estimation; Urban rural stations

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CROP PLANT; RURAL AREA; SOLAR RADIATION; URBAN SITE;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 27744534806     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr029233     Document Type: Article

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