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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-2305-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-2305-2014
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23 Jun 2014
Research article |  | 23 Jun 2014

The impact of uncertain precipitation data on insurance loss estimates using a flood catastrophe model

C. C. Sampson, T. J. Fewtrell, F. O'Loughlin, F. Pappenberger, P. B. Bates, J. E. Freer, and H. L. Cloke

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