Articles | Volume 18, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-575-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-575-2014
Research article
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17 Feb 2014
Research article |  | 17 Feb 2014

When does higher spatial resolution rainfall information improve streamflow simulation? An evaluation using 3620 flood events

F. Lobligeois, V. Andréassian, C. Perrin, P. Tabary, and C. Loumagne

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