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Towards a limits of acceptability approach to the calibration of hydrological models : extending observation error.

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Towards a limits of acceptability approach to the calibration of hydrological models : extending observation error. / Liu, Yanli; Freer, Jim; Beven, Keith J. et al.
In: Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 367, No. 1-2, 30.03.2009, p. 93-103.

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Liu Y, Freer J, Beven KJ, Matgen P. Towards a limits of acceptability approach to the calibration of hydrological models : extending observation error. Journal of Hydrology. 2009 Mar 30;367(1-2):93-103. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.01.016

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Liu, Yanli ; Freer, Jim ; Beven, Keith J. et al. / Towards a limits of acceptability approach to the calibration of hydrological models : extending observation error. In: Journal of Hydrology. 2009 ; Vol. 367, No. 1-2. pp. 93-103.

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