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Energy balance and evaporation loss of an irrigation reservoir equipped with a suspended cover in a semiarid climate (south-eastern Spain)

Belén Gallego-Elvira, Alain Baille, Bernardo Martín Górriz, J.F. Maestre-Valero, Víctoriano Martínez Álvarez · Hydrological Processes (2010)

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An energy-balance and mass-transfer study of a suspended double shade-cloth over an irrigation reservoir, attributing most of the ~85% evaporation reduction to a reduced vapour-pressure deficit beneath the cover.

An energy-balance and mass-transfer study of a suspended double shade-cloth over an irrigation reservoir, attributing most of the ~85% evaporation reduction to a reduced vapour-pressure deficit beneath the cover.

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  1. Hydrological Processes — Energy balance and evaporation loss of an irrigation reservoir equipped with a suspended cover in a semiarid climate (south-eastern Spain)