Temperature and airflow predictions for multi-span naturally ventilated greenhouse

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 578, Issue , 2002, Pages 141-152

  Short, T H ^a   Lee, I ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic models; CFD; Computational fluid dynamics; Controlled environment agriculture; Greenhouse ventilation; Natural ventilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947719039     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.578.16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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