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Using interactive recession curve analysis to specify a general catchment storage model. / Lamb, Rob; Beven, Keith J.
In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1997, p. 101-113.

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Lamb, Rob ; Beven, Keith J. / Using interactive recession curve analysis to specify a general catchment storage model. In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 1997 ; Vol. 1, No. 1. pp. 101-113.

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