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Correlation between climate and flood indices in Northwestern Italy at different temporal scales Cover

Correlation between climate and flood indices in Northwestern Italy at different temporal scales

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|May 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2022-0009 | Journal eISSN: 1338-4333 | Journal ISSN: 0042-790X
Language: English
Page range: 178 - 194
Submitted on: Sep 17, 2021
Accepted on: Jan 13, 2022
Published on: May 19, 2022
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrology; Institute of Hydrodynamics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
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