Articles | Volume 18, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-4381-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-4381-2014
Research article
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05 Nov 2014
Research article |  | 05 Nov 2014

Regional parent flood frequency distributions in Europe – Part 1: Is the GEV model suitable as a pan-European parent?

J. L. Salinas, A. Castellarin, A. Viglione, S. Kohnová, and T. R. Kjeldsen

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