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Volume 50, Issue 3
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Rapid Estimation of Heat Accumulation from Maximum and Minimum Temperatures

G. L. Baskerville

Forestry Branch, Department of Fisheries and Forestry, Fredericton, N. B.

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P. Emin

University of New Brunswick Computing Centre, Fredericton, N. B.

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First published: 01 May 1969
Citations: 268

Abstract

A method is presented for estimating heat accumulation by using daily maximum and minimum temperatures and assuming the sine curve as an approximation of the diurnal temperature curve. A table is given for estimating heat accumulation for a given day, and a computer program is described for accumulating heat units over a 1—year period. The technique permits the use of an upper as well as a lower threshold and has a precision in the order of ± 5%.

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