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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3845-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3845-2015
Research article
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11 Sep 2015
Research article |  | 11 Sep 2015

Use of satellite and modeled soil moisture data for predicting event soil loss at plot scale

F. Todisco, L. Brocca, L. F. Termite, and W. Wagner

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