Evaluation of climgen model to generate weather parameters under different climatic situations in Punjab

Journal of Agrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-45

  Bal, S K ^a   Choudhury, B U ^b   Sood, Anil ^b   Jalota, S K ^c   Singh, H ^b  

^a Department of Agrometeorology ^*  (India)

^b Punjab Remote Sensing Centre   (India)

^c PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

ClimGen; Solar radiation; Temperature Punjab; Weather generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949135925     PISSN: 09721665     EISSN: 25832980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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