Precipitation and river flow: Long-term memory and predictability of extreme events

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 196, Issue , 2012, Pages 139-152

  Bunde, Armin ^a   Bogachev, Mikhail I ^a,b   Lennartz, Sabine ^a,c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SAINT PETERSBURG ELECTROTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY LETI   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84899547793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GM001112     Document Type: Article

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