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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-3451-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-3451-2020
Research article
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09 Jul 2020
Research article |  | 09 Jul 2020

Sensitivity of meteorological-forcing resolution on hydrologic variables

Fadji Z. Maina, Erica R. Siirila-Woodburn, and Pouya Vahmani

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