Articles | Volume 20, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2801-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2801-2016
Technical note
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12 Jul 2016
Technical note |  | 12 Jul 2016

Technical note: Inference in hydrology from entropy balance considerations

Stefan J. Kollet

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