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Application of meteorological data to agroclimatological mapping

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During the years 1969–72 a comprehensive agroclimatic survery was carried out in Aust-Agder, a county of approximately 9000 km2 in the southernmost part of Norway. Meteorological data were collected from some 70 stations grouped in 11 model locations. In the analysis the agricultural purposes behind the survey are born in mind and importance is attached to simple and direct methods that will allow extrapolations within the region with sufficient confidence. The geographical variations in growth climate is expressed by average radiation and temperature conditions, and by estimates of plant-available soil moisture.

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  1. Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Avdelning B, 5000, Bergen, Norway

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Skaar, E. Application of meteorological data to agroclimatological mapping. Int J Biometeorol 24, 3–12 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02245536

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