Through a glass brightly: Some new light on the Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder

Weather

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-11

  Stanhill, G ^a  

^a Institute of Soils and Water   (Israel)

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EID: 84981228791     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/wea.278.01     Document Type: Article

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