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Incorporating uncertainty in hydrological predictions for gauged and ungauged basins in southern Africa

Intégration de l'incertitude dans les prévisions hydrologiques pour les bassins jaugés et non jaugées en Afrique australe

E. Kapangaziwiri Institute for Water Resources, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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D.A. Hughes Institute for Water Resources, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
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T. Wagener Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, 16802, USA
Pages 1000-1019 | Received 19 May 2011, Accepted 12 Dec 2011, Published online: 02 Jul 2012

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