Ability to predict daily solar radiation values from interpolated climate records for use in crop simulation models

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 65-75

  Grant, R H ^a   Hollinger, S E ^b   Hubbard, K G ^c   Hoogenboom, G ^d   Vanderlip, R L ^e  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop simulation models; Growing season; Insolation; Interpolation; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

CROP PLANT; INSOLATION; INTERPOLATION; MODELING; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 8844256693     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2004.07.016     Document Type: Article

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