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Detection and Modeling of the Impact of Climatic Change on River Flows

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Engineering Risk in Natural Resources Management

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The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of current research on the analysis of hydrometeorological time series with respect to climate variability and change, with particular emphasis on studies sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

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Cavadias, G. (1994). Detection and Modeling of the Impact of Climatic Change on River Flows. In: Duckstein, L., Parent, E. (eds) Engineering Risk in Natural Resources Management. NATO ASI Series, vol 275. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8271-1_12

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