Measuring evaporation from soil surfaces for environmental and geotechnical purposes

Water SA

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 381-394

  Blight, G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; LAND FILL;

LIQUID WASTES;

SOILS;

ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; SOIL SURFACE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 0036805369     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v28i4.4911     Document Type: Article

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