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Title: Flash flooding in small urban watersheds: Storm event hydrologic response: STORM EVENT HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE OVER SMALL URBAN WATERSHEDS
Award ID(s):
1522492
NSF-PAR ID:
10127683
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Water Resources Research
Volume:
52
Issue:
6
ISSN:
0043-1397
Page Range / eLocation ID:
4571 to 4589
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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