Articles | Volume 14, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-219-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-219-2014
Research article
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13 Feb 2014
Research article |  | 13 Feb 2014

The challenge of forecasting high streamflows 1–3 months in advance with lagged climate indices in southeast Australia

J. C. Bennett, Q. J. Wang, P. Pokhrel, and D. E. Robertson

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