Improved estimates of incident radiation and heat load using non-parametric regression against topographic variables

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 751-754

  McCune, Bruce ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspect; Azimuth; HyperNiche; Latitude; Light; Non parametric multiplicative regression; NPMR, slope; Temperature; Topography

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTH; ESTIMATION METHOD; GAUSSIAN METHOD; LATITUDE; LIGHT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 34848901369     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[751:IEOIRA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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