Improving the performance of infrared reflective night curtains for warming field plots

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 173, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-62

  Bruhn, Dan ^a,e   Larsen, Klaus S ^a   de Dato, Giovanbattista D ^b   Duce, Pierpaolo ^c   Zara, Pierpaolo ^c   Beier, Claus ^a   Schmidt, Inger Kappel ^d   Clausen, Sønnik ^a   Mikkelsen, Teis N ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem manipulation; Global warming; Infrared radiation; IR curtains; Nighttime warming; Passive warming; Soil warming

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLOUD COVER; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT FLUX; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTALLATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REFLECTANCE; WARMING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84875114412     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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