Measurement and CFD simulation of microclimate characteristics and transpiration of an Impatiens pot plant crop in a greenhouse

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-34

  Kichah, Abderzak ^a   Bournet, Pierre Emmanuel ^a   Migeon, Christophe ^a   Boulard, Thierry ^b  

^a Research Unit Environmental Physics and Horticulture Research   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CROPS; GREENHOUSES; IRRIGATION; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMOCOUPLES; TRANSPIRATION; TURBULENCE MODELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; GREENHOUSE CANOPIES; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; LEAF TEMPERATURE; STANDARD K EPSILONS; TRANSPIRATION RATES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER REQUIREMENTS;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

IMPATIENS;

EID: 84859439366     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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