Performance and energy costs associated with scaling infrared heater arrays for warming field plots from 1 to 100 m

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 247-265

  Kimball, Bruce A ^a   Conley, Matthew M ^a   Lewin, Keith F ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; GLOBAL WARMING; INFRARED RADIATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; VEGETATION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84859111286     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0518-5     Document Type: Article

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