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Calculation of ground temperature and fluxes by surface models: a comparison with experimental data in the African savannah Cover

Calculation of ground temperature and fluxes by surface models: a comparison with experimental data in the African savannah

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|Jan 1985

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Language: English
Page range: 64 - 77
Submitted on: Feb 23, 1984
Accepted on: Nov 7, 1984
Published on: Jan 1, 1985
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1985 G. Cautenet, Y. Coulibaly, published by Stockholm University Press
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