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| 17 Jan 2014
Just two moments! A cautionary note against use of high-order moments in multifractal models in hydrology
F. Lombardo
Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Via Vito Volterra, 62 – 00146 Rome, Italy
E. Volpi
Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Via Vito Volterra, 62 – 00146 Rome, Italy
D. Koutsoyiannis
Department of Water Resources, Faculty of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Heroon Polytechneiou 5, 15780 Zographou, Greece
S. M. Papalexiou
Department of Water Resources, Faculty of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Heroon Polytechneiou 5, 15780 Zographou, Greece
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