Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 43 (1988) 329-330 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam - - Printed in The Netherlands
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CONTENTS VOLUME 43, 1 9 8 8 Research Papers Estimation and evaluation of winter wheat phenology in the central Great Plains G.S. McMaster (Ft. Collins, CO, U.S.A.) and D.E. Smika (Akron, CO, U.S.A. ) ................... 1 Modelling surface conductance of pine forest J.B. Stewart (Wallingford, Gt. Britain) ...................................................................................... 19 Improving the detection of agricultural drought: a case study of Illinois corn production W.E. Easterling (Champaign, IL, U.S.A. ), S.A. Isard, P. Warren, P. Guinan and M. Shafer (Urbana, IL, U.S.A.) ........................................................................................................ 37 Problems with porometry: measuring stomatal conductances of potentially transpiring plants S.B. Idso, S.G. Allen (Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.) and B.J. Choudhury (Greenbelt, MD, U.S.A.) ........................................................................................................................................... 49 Evaporation and energy balance for bare and stubble covered soil J.W. Enz, L.J. Brun and J.K. Larsen (Fargo, ND, U.S.A.) ...................................................... 59 Orchard floor management utilizing soil-applied coal dust for frost protection. Part I. Potential microclimate modification on radiation frost nights B.S. Sharratt (Fairbanks, AK, U.S.A.) and D.M. Glenn (Kearneysville, WV, U.S.A. ) ........ 71 Calibration of small infra-red surface temperature transducers J.D. Kalma, H. Alksnis and G.P. Laughlin (Canberra, A.C.T., Australia) ............................. 83
Research Papers Stomatal behaviour in an oak canopy A.J. Dolman and G.J. van den Burg (Groningen, The Netherlands) .................................... Relating banana flowering distribution in the Jordan Valley (Israel) to climate and phenology Y. Israeli, N. Nameri (Zemach, Israel), Z. (}at and P. Burd (Bet Dagan, Israel) ................ Applications of solutions to non-linear energy budget equations K.T. Paw U andW. Gao (Davis, CA, U.S.A.) .......................................................................... Orchard floor management utilizing soil-applied coal dust for frost protection Part II. Seasonal microclimate effect B.S. Sharratt (Fairbanks, AK, U.S.A.) and D.M. Glenn (Kearneysville, WV, U.S.A. ) ...... The bare bones of leaf-angle distribution in radiation models for canopy photosynthesis and energy exchange J. Goudriaan (Wageningen, The Netherlands) ........................................................................ Atmospheric CO2 enrichment and plant dry matter content S.B. Idso, B.A. Kimball and J.R. Mauney (Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.) .........................................
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Research Papers Monte Carlo method for risk analyses of climatic damage affecting the yields of crops X.-M. Yu and W.-B. Pen (Shenyang, People's Republic of China) ....................................... 183 Water relations of coconut palms as influenced by environmental variables K.V. Kasturibai, S.R. Voleti and V. Rajagopal (Kerala, India) .............................................. 193 Relationships between transmission of solar radiation and coniferous forest stand characteristics D.J. Vales and F.L. Bunnell (Vancouver, B.C., Canada ) ........................................................ 201
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330 A forest shading model using bit-mapped graphics H.B. Granberg (Sherbrooke, P.Q., Canada) ............................................................................ Crop coefficient for coconut (Cocos nuci[era L.): a lysimetric study M. Jayakumar, S.A. Saseendran and M. Hemaprabha (Kerala, India) ................................ A sensor for the direct measurement of leaf wetness: construction techniques and testing under controlled conditons A. Weiss (Lincoln, NE, U.S.A.), D.L. Lukens (Fort Collins, CO, U.S.A.) and J.R. Steadman (Lincoln, NE, U.S.A.) .............................................................................................. Contact angle of water droplets in relation to leaf water potential A. Weiss (Lincoln, NE, U.S.A.) ................................................................................................. A survey of agrometeorological disasters in South China S. Xiang (Nanning, People's Republic of China) and J.F. Griffiths (College Station, TX, U.S.A. ) ................................................................................................................................. The measurement and modelling of rainfall interception by Amazonian rain forest C.R. Lloyd, J.H.C. Gash, W.J. Shuttleworth (Wallingford, Gt. Brtian) and A. de O. Marques F ~ (Manaus, Brazil) ................................................................................................... An integrated micrometeorological system for evaporation measurement W.J. Shuttleworth, J.H.C. Gash, C.R. Lloyd, D.D. McNeill, C.J. Moore and J.S. Wallace (Wallingford, Gt. Britain) ............................................................................................
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Mean leaf angles for the ellipsoidal inclination angle distribution Y.P. Wang and P.G. Jarvis (Edinburgh, Gt. Britain) ............................................................. 319 Book Reviews ...................................................................................................................................... 323 Publications Received ....................................................................................................................... 327 Contents VoI. 43 (1988) .................................................................................................................... 329