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Use of spatially distributed water table observations to constrain uncertainty in a rainfall-runoff model

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Use of spatially distributed water table observations to constrain uncertainty in a rainfall-runoff model. / Lamb, Rob; Beven, Keith; Myrabo, S.
In: Advances in Water Resources, Vol. 22, No. 4, 20.10.1998, p. 305-317.

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Lamb R, Beven K, Myrabo S. Use of spatially distributed water table observations to constrain uncertainty in a rainfall-runoff model. Advances in Water Resources. 1998 Oct 20;22(4):305-317. doi: 10.1016/S0309-1708(98)00020-7

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Lamb, Rob ; Beven, Keith ; Myrabo, S. / Use of spatially distributed water table observations to constrain uncertainty in a rainfall-runoff model. In: Advances in Water Resources. 1998 ; Vol. 22, No. 4. pp. 305-317.

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