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Analysis, Hydrology, Literature review, Modeling, Statistics, Data management

This paper reviews the existing literature on process-based hydrological models. It provides a detailed definition of this type of model and explains why it is more favorable from a verifiability and data quality standpoint. It also identifies issues with the model and opportunities for research advancement.