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Modelling the spatial extent and severity of extreme European windstorms. / Sharkey, Paul; Tawn, Jonathan; Brown, Simon .
In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics), Vol. 69, No. 2, 01.04.2020, p. 223-250.

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Sharkey, P, Tawn, J & Brown, S 2020, 'Modelling the spatial extent and severity of extreme European windstorms', Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics), vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 223-250. https://doi.org/10.1111/rssc.12391

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Sharkey, P., Tawn, J., & Brown, S. (2020). Modelling the spatial extent and severity of extreme European windstorms. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics), 69(2), 223-250. https://doi.org/10.1111/rssc.12391

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Sharkey P, Tawn J, Brown S. Modelling the spatial extent and severity of extreme European windstorms. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics). 2020 Apr 1;69(2):223-250. Epub 2019 Dec 23. doi: 10.1111/rssc.12391

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Sharkey, Paul ; Tawn, Jonathan ; Brown, Simon . / Modelling the spatial extent and severity of extreme European windstorms. In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics). 2020 ; Vol. 69, No. 2. pp. 223-250.

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