Evapotranspiration covers for landfills and waste sites

Evapotranspiration Covers for Landfills and Waste Sites

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 1-203

  Hauser, Victor L ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Mitretek Systems   (United States)

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