Comparison of artificial neural network and physically based models for estimating of reference evapotranspiration in greenhouse

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 2528-2535

  Abedi Koupai, J ^a   Amiri, M J ^a   Eslamian, S S ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Fynn; Penman monteith; Stanghellini equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952250264     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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