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Estimation of evapotranspiration of temperate grassland based on high-resolution thermal and visible range imagery from unmanned aerial systems

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Pages 5141-5174 | Received 27 Oct 2017, Accepted 24 Apr 2018, Published online: 10 May 2018

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