Articles | Volume 18, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-1761-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-1761-2014
Research article
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15 May 2014
Research article |  | 15 May 2014

Simulation of semi-arid biomass plantations and irrigation using the WRF-NOAH model – a comparison with observations from Israel

O. Branch, K. Warrach-Sagi, V. Wulfmeyer, and S. Cohen

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