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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1319-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1319-2020
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20 Mar 2020
Research article |  | 20 Mar 2020

Understanding dominant controls on streamflow spatial variability to set up a semi-distributed hydrological model: the case study of the Thur catchment

Marco Dal Molin, Mario Schirmer, Massimiliano Zappa, and Fabrizio Fenicia

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