Is the current flood of data enough? A treatise on research needs for the improvement of flood modelling

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-158

  Di Baldassarre, Giuliano ^a   Uhlenbrook, Stefan ^a,b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 80455155485     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8226     Document Type: Note

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