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Received: Oct 27, 2015
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Published online: Aug 26, 2016
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Professor, Grupo de Ingeniería y Tecnología del Agua (ITA), Universitat Politècnica de València, Apdo, 22012 Valencia, Spain. E-mail: [email protected]
Ph.D. Student, Grupo de Ingeniería y Tecnología del Agua (ITA), Universitat Politècnica de València, Apdo, 22012 Valencia, Spain (corresponding author). E-mail: [email protected]
E. Cabrera Jr., M.ASCE [email protected]
Associate Professor, Grupo de Ingeniería y Tecnología del Agua (ITA), Universitat Politècnica de València, Apdo, 22012 Valencia, Spain. E-mail: [email protected]
Associate Professor, Grupo de Ingeniería y Tecnología del Agua (ITA), Universitat Politècnica de València, Apdo, 22012 Valencia, Spain. E-mail: [email protected]

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