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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-4297-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-4297-2013
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01 Nov 2013
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A thermodynamic approach to link self-organization, preferential flow and rainfall–runoff behaviour

E. Zehe, U. Ehret, T. Blume, A. Kleidon, U. Scherer, and M. Westhoff

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