Energy balance of apples under evaporative cooling

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1029-1037

  Evans, R G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Irrigation systems; Orchards; Sprinklers

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CROPS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EVAPORATION; FRUITS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSORS; SKIN; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOCOUPLES; WATER CONSERVATION;

EVAPORATIVE COOLING; EVAPORATIVE EFFICIENCY; HEAT ENERGY; PROCESS-BASED ENERGY;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPORATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; ORCHARD;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 6344242016     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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