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Application of a radiative cooling model to daily minimum temperature prediction

D. SegarraS. GandíaJoaquin Melia

subject

Radiative coolingMeteorologyClimatologyAir temperatureThermalAnnual averageGeneral Earth and Planetary SciencesEnvironmental scienceSunsetAtmospheric sciencesTemperature measurementGeneral Environmental ScienceExponential function

description

A model of exponential decrease of temperature is applied to the study of night cooling in an agricultural area of citrus orchards located near the Valentian Coast (Spain). A set of annual average parameters which determine that cooling is obtained by using temperature measurements at different levels during two years. These parameters appear to be representative of the thermal behaviour of the area of study. The attainment of such parameters allows a prediction of the minimum temperatures of the area to an accuracy of £1.5 K, knowing the temperature at sunset and some time later.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1985-11-01Journal of Climatology
https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.3370050610