A new analytical model for temperature predictions

Renewable Energy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-68

  Njau, Ernest C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

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EID: 0007484850     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(96)00121-8     Document Type: Article

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