A scalable and modular reservoir implementation  for large-scale integrated hydrologic simulations

West, Benjamin D.; Maxwell, Reed M.; Condon, Laura E.

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A scalable and modular reservoir implementation for large-scale integrated hydrologic simulations

Benjamin D. West, Reed M. Maxwell, and Laura E. Condon

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