Investigating the random relocation of gauges below the canopy by means of numerical experiments

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 150, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1102-1114

  Ritter, Axel ^a   Regalado, Carlos M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO CANARIO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Minimum number of samples; Monte Carlo simulation; Roving; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; DISPERSION; GAUGE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; THROUGHFALL;

EID: 77954816487     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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