Energy balance and evapotranspiration in a high mountain area during summer

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 966-973

  Konzelmann, T ^a,c   Calanca, P ^b   Muller G ^a   Menzel, L ^a   Lang, H ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0043008650     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<0966:EBAEIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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