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Why hydrological predictions should be evaluated using information theory
S. V. Weijs
Section Water Resources, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
G. Schoups
Section Water Resources, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
N. van de Giesen
Section Water Resources, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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