Articles | Volume 16, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-16-4435-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-16-4435-2012
Research article
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26 Nov 2012
Research article |  | 26 Nov 2012

Exploring the physical controls of regional patterns of flow duration curves – Part 1: Insights from statistical analyses

L. Cheng, M. Yaeger, A. Viglione, E. Coopersmith, S. Ye, and M. Sivapalan

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