Articles | Volume 16, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-16-4651-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-16-4651-2012
Research article
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13 Dec 2012
Research article |  | 13 Dec 2012

Estimating the flood frequency distribution at seasonal and annual time scales

E. Baratti, A. Montanari, A. Castellarin, J. L. Salinas, A. Viglione, and A. Bezzi

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