Value of long‐term streamflow forecasts to reservoir operations for water supply in snow‐dominated river catchments

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Water Resources Research

• Publication date

  2016-06-01

• Fields of study

  Geology, Engineering, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1002/2015WR017864
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