New perspectives on rainfall from a discrete view

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 2379-2382

  De Michele, Carlo ^a   Ignaccolo, Massimiliano ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84880287881     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9782     Document Type: Note

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