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A real-time hydrological model for flood prediction using GIS and the WWW. / Al-Sabhan, W.; Mulligan, M.; Blackburn, G. Alan.
In: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Vol. 27, No. 1, 01.2003, p. 9-32.

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Al-Sabhan, W, Mulligan, M & Blackburn, GA 2003, 'A real-time hydrological model for flood prediction using GIS and the WWW.', Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 9-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0198-9715(01)00010-2

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Al-Sabhan W, Mulligan M, Blackburn GA. A real-time hydrological model for flood prediction using GIS and the WWW. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 2003 Jan;27(1):9-32. doi: 10.1016/S0198-9715(01)00010-2

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Al-Sabhan, W. ; Mulligan, M. ; Blackburn, G. Alan. / A real-time hydrological model for flood prediction using GIS and the WWW. In: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 2003 ; Vol. 27, No. 1. pp. 9-32.

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