Greenhouse cooling by NIR-reflection

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 719, Issue , 2006, Pages 97-105

  Hemming, S ^a   Kempkes, F ^a   Van Der Braak, N ^a   Dueck, T ^a   Marissen, N ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate model; Coatings; Greenhouse climate; Greenhouse covering; Near infrared radiation; Plastic films; Spectral filter

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849185818     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2006.719.8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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