Night energy balance in a heated low-cost plastic greenhouse

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 107-118

  Baille, A ^a   Lopez J C ^b   Bonachela, S ^c   Gonzalez Real M M ^a   Montero, J I ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b Cajamar Experimental Station 'Las Palmerillas'   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^d IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Convective heat loss; Energy balance; Heat transfer coefficient; Heating system; Radiative heat loss

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC REGION; CONVECTION; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPORATION; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HEATING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33646193727     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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