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Water supply in monsoonal Asia: modelling and predicting small tank storage. / Mahendrarajah, S.; Jakeman, A. J.; Young, P. C.
In: Ecological Modelling, Vol. 84, No. 1-3, 01.1996, p. 127-137.

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Mahendrarajah, S, Jakeman, AJ & Young, PC 1996, 'Water supply in monsoonal Asia: modelling and predicting small tank storage.', Ecological Modelling, vol. 84, no. 1-3, pp. 127-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3800(94)00127-8

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Mahendrarajah, S., Jakeman, A. J., & Young, P. C. (1996). Water supply in monsoonal Asia: modelling and predicting small tank storage. Ecological Modelling, 84(1-3), 127-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3800(94)00127-8

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Mahendrarajah S, Jakeman AJ, Young PC. Water supply in monsoonal Asia: modelling and predicting small tank storage. Ecological Modelling. 1996 Jan;84(1-3):127-137. doi: 10.1016/0304-3800(94)00127-8

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Mahendrarajah, S. ; Jakeman, A. J. ; Young, P. C. / Water supply in monsoonal Asia: modelling and predicting small tank storage. In: Ecological Modelling. 1996 ; Vol. 84, No. 1-3. pp. 127-137.

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