Extreme value statistics for North Atlantic cyclones
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2009.00449.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 347 - 360
Submitted on: Aug 7, 2009
Accepted on: Mar 18, 2010
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