Articles | Volume 17, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-817-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-817-2013
Research article
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27 Feb 2013
Research article |  | 27 Feb 2013

Are streamflow recession characteristics really characteristic?

M. Stoelzle, K. Stahl, and M. Weiler

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