John Monteith | |
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 A portrait of John Lennox Monteith (date unknown) | |
| Born | John Lennox Monteith 3 September 1929 |
| Died | 20 July 2012 (aged 82) |
| Known for | Application of physics in biology |
| Awards | FRS (1971), FRSE (1972) |
John Lennox Monteith DSc, FRS[1] (3 September 1929 – 20 July 2012) was a British scientist who pioneered the application of physics to biology.[2] He was an authority in the related fields of water management for agricultural production, soil physics, micrometeorology, transpiration, and the influence of the natural environment on field crops, horticultural crops, forestry, and animal production.[3][4][5][6][7]
- ^ Unsworth, Michael H. (2014). "John Lennox Monteith 3 September 1929 -- 20 July 2012". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 60: 299–329. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2014.0005. S2CID 62618332.
- ^ "John Lennox Monteith". The Herald. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ Principles of Environmental Physics; JL Monteith, M Unsworth ISBN 0-7131-2931-X (four editions published in 1973, 1990, 2008 and 2013)
- ^ John Monteith; Mike Unsworth (26 July 2013). Principles of Environmental Physics: Plants, Animals, and the Atmosphere. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-386993-7.
- ^ Monteith, J. L. (1965). "Evaporation and environment" (PDF). Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology. 19: 205–234. PMID 5321565.
- ^ Monteith, J. L. (1996). "The Quest for Balance in Crop Modeling". Agronomy Journal. 88 (5): 695–697. doi:10.2134/agronj1996.00021962008800050003x.
- ^ Monteith, J. L. (1994). "Validity of the correlation between intercepted radiation and biomass". Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 68 (3–4): 213–220. Bibcode:1994AgFM...68..213M. doi:10.1016/0168-1923(94)90037-X.