Light transmission through condensation on glass and polyethylene

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 51-62

  Pieters, J G ^a   Deltour, J M ^b   Debruyckere, M J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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EID: 0030840542     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(96)02393-3     Document Type: Article

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