Evapotranspiration model for semi-arid shrub-lands tested against data from SE Spain
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عنوان ژورنال: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0168-1923
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1923(99)00031-3