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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-2487-2014
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The XWS open access catalogue of extreme European windstorms from 1979 to 2012

J. F. Roberts, A. J. Champion, L. C. Dawkins, K. I. Hodges, L. C. Shaffrey, D. B. Stephenson, M. A. Stringer, H. E. Thornton, and B. D. Youngman

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