On the tails of extreme event distributions in hydrology

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Journal of Hydrology

• Publication date

  2008-06-20

• Fields of study

  Mathematics, Computer Science, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.JHYDROL.2008.02.011
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