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Changes in flood frequencies in Switzerland since 1500
P. Schmocker-Fackel
Mountain Hydrology and Torrents, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Switzerland
now at: Hydrology Division, Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Bern, Switzerland
F. Naef
Institute for Environmental Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, ETHZ, Switzerland
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