Effect of vent arrangement on windward ventilation of a tunnel greenhouse

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 479-490

  Bartzanas, T ^a   Boulard, T ^b   Kittas, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

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EID: 3342920188     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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