Greenhouse natural ventilation modelling: A survey of the different approaches

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 719, Issue , 2006, Pages 29-40

  Boulard, T ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

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EID: 37849186261     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2006.719.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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