Airflow and turbulence in a banana screenhouse

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 719, Issue , 2006, Pages 623-630

  Tanny, J ^b   Cohen, S ^a   Grava, A ^a   Haijun, L ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air exchange rate; Airflow direction; Friction velocity; Turbulence intensity; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849188967     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2006.719.72     Document Type: Conference Paper

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