Modeling and evaluation of greenhouse for floriculture in subtropics

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1075-1083

  Kumar, K S ^a   Jha, Madan K ^a   Tiwari, K N ^a   Singh, Amanpreet ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Gerbera; Greenhouse model; Sensitivity analysis; Subtropics

Indexed keywords

AESTHETIC VALUE; AIR TEMPERATURE; CANOPY TEMPERATURE; CROP CULTIVATION; CROP PERFORMANCE; CROP PRODUCTION; DESIGN TOOL; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MODEL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; NATURAL VENTILATION; RELIABLE MODELS; ROOF VENT; SHAPE AND SIZE; SUBMODELS; SUMMER SEASON; SUMMER TEMPERATURE;

CROPS; CULTIVATION; FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPICS;

GREENHOUSES;

EID: 77951096942     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.01.021     Document Type: Article

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