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title = "Assessing the quality of the streamflow record for a long-term reference hydrometric station: Bow River at Banff",
author = "Whitfield, Paul H. and
Pomeroy, John W.",
journal = "Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, Volume 42, Issue 4",
volume = "42",
number = "4",
year = "2017",
publisher = "Informa UK Limited",
url = "https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G17-38001",
doi = "10.1080/07011784.2017.1399086",
pages = "391--415",
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%D 2017
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Markdown (Informal)
[Assessing the quality of the streamflow record for a long-term reference hydrometric station: Bow River at Banff](https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G17-38001) (Whitfield & Pomeroy, GWF 2017)
ACL
- Paul H. Whitfield and John W. Pomeroy. 2017. Assessing the quality of the streamflow record for a long-term reference hydrometric station: Bow River at Banff. Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, Volume 42, Issue 4, 42(4):391–415.
