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| 29 Jan 2015
A framework for assessing hydrological regime sensitivity to climate change in a convective rainfall environment: a case study of two medium-sized eastern Mediterranean catchments, Israel
Hydrology and Water Resources Program, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
E. Shamir
Hydrologic Research Center, San Diego, California, USA
K. P. Georgakakos
Hydrologic Research Center, San Diego, California, USA
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, California, USA
Department of Geography, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91905, Israel
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