Articles | Volume 17, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-4625-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-4625-2013
Research article
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22 Nov 2013
Research article |  | 22 Nov 2013

Potential evaporation estimation through an unstressed surface-energy balance and its sensitivity to climate change

A. Barella-Ortiz, J. Polcher, A. Tuzet, and K. Laval

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