Weather value at risk: On the measurement of noncatastrophic weather risk

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 190-199

  Toeglhofer, Christoph ^a   Mestel, Roland ^a   Prettenthaler, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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EID: 84867718027     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-11-00062.1     Document Type: Article

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