A criterion of efficiency for rainfall-runoff models

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• Publication year

  1978

• Venue

  Journal of Hydrology

• Publication date

  1978-02-01

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/0022-1694(78)90155-5
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