Solar radiation variability in east-west oriented mediterranean greenhouses

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 659, Issue , 2004, Pages 121-125

  Soriano, T ^a   Hernandez J ^b   Morales, M I ^a   Escobar, I ^c   Castilla, N ^a  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^c Caja General de Ahorros de Granada   (Spain)

Author keywords

Multispan; Plastichouse; Radiation uniformity; Solarimeter; Transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053379089     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.659.14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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