Comment on "The moisture from the air as water resource in arid region: Hopes, doubt and facts" by Kogan and Trahtman

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 343-352

  Beysens, D ^a,b,c   Milimouk, I ^c,d   Nikolayev, V S ^a,b,c   Berkowicz, S ^c,e   Muselli, M ^c,f   Heusinkveld, B ^g   Jacobs, A F G ^c,g  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b ESPCI   (France)

^c International Organization for Dew Utilization   (France)

^d INST CHIM MATIERE COND BORDEAUX   (France)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerial wells; Dew; Dew condensers; Feodosia

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ARID REGION; DEW; MOISTURE CONTENT; WATER RESOURCE;

CRIMEA; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FEODOSIA; UKRAINE;

EID: 33746875598     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.01.011     Document Type: Article

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