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Radiant Energy, Its Receipt and Disposal

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Agricultural Meteorology

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Every organism, plant or animal, on the surface of the earth is immersed in a radiation environment consisting of solar radiation and of longwave thermal energy from nearby surfaces. The total radiation flux within a given site is highly variable, changing with time of day, season, weather and other factors. The variation of the total radiation flux from one site to another on the earth’s surface is enormous and the plant and animal distribution responds accordingly.

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Gates, D.M. (1965). Radiant Energy, Its Receipt and Disposal. In: Agricultural Meteorology. Meteorological Monographs, vol 6. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-940033-58-7_1

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