Environmental impacts of pastoral-integrated photovoltaic power plant in an alpine meadow on the eastern Tibetan Plateau

Wang, Shaoying; Meng, Xianhong; Li, Qian; Li, Zhenchao; Yang, Peipei; Niu, Wenzhen; Shang, Lunyu

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-11301-2025

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Environmental impacts of pastoral-integrated photovoltaic power plant in an alpine meadow on the eastern Tibetan Plateau

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