Low-cost shielding to minimize radiation errors of temperature sensors in the field

HortScience

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1372-1379

  Tarara, Julie M ^a   Hoheisel, Gwen Alyn ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo; Aspiration; Gill shield; Global irradiance; Reflectance; Relative humidity; Solar; Thermocouple

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION SHIELDING; REFLECTION; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMOCOUPLES; WIND EFFECTS;

ASPIRATION; GLOBAL IRRADIANCE;

TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

EID: 34648822624     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.42.6.1372     Document Type: Article

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