Hydrological models: Mathematics or science?

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2199-2201

  Hughes, D A ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD;

EID: 77954358478     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7805     Document Type: Article

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