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Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar year 1986: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-189, 27 p.

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Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar year 1988: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-61, 27 p.

Yin, J., Young, M.H., and Yu, Z., 2008,

Effects of paleoclimate and time-varying canopy structures on paleowater fluxes: Journal of Geophysical Research--Atmospheres, v. 113, D06103, doi:10.1029/2007JD009010.

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