The effect of a small shade net on the properties of wind and selected boundary layer parameters above and within a citrus orchard

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-67

  Tanny, Josef ^a   Cohen, Shabtai ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

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CITRUS;

EID: 0037239533     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1537-5110(02)00233-7     Document Type: Article

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