Estimation of wind storm impacts overWestern Germany under future climate conditions using a statistical–dynamical downscaling approach
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2009.00424.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 188 - 201
Submitted on: Apr 9, 2009
Accepted on: Nov 16, 2009
Published on: Jan 1, 2010
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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