Is the class A evaporation pan still the most practical and accurate meteorological method for determining irrigation water requirements?

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 233-236

  Stanhill, G ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; IRRIGATION; SALT PAN; SOIL WATER;

EID: 0037206630     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(02)00132-6     Document Type: Article

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