Articles | Volume 14, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-1505-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-1505-2014
Research article
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17 Jun 2014
Research article |  | 17 Jun 2014

The extreme runoff index for flood early warning in Europe

L. Alfieri, F. Pappenberger, and F. Wetterhall

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