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    Peter A. Stott, Nikolaos Christidis & Richard A. Betts

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Stott, P.A., Christidis, N. & Betts, R.A. Changing return periods of weather-related impacts: the attribution challenge. Climatic Change 109, 263–268 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-011-0265-8

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