Retardation of water evaporation by a protective float

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-137

  Segal, Lazar ^a   Burstein, Leonid ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b ORT BRAUDE COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Device design; Evaporation retardation; Free water evaporation

Indexed keywords

DEVICE DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FREE WATER; LABORATORY SCALE; NEW DESIGN; OPEN WATER; RELATIVE VALUE; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; WATER EVAPORATION; WATER SURFACE;

DESIGN; DROPS; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

BUOYANCY; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOATING BODY; OPEN WATER;

EID: 79957836722     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-009-9440-3     Document Type: Article

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