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Employment (11)

None: CHRISTCHURCH, Dorset, GB

2009 to present | Independent Researcher
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Nicholas John Cook

RWDI-Anemos Ltd: Dunstable, Bedfordshire, GB

2005 to 2008 | Technical Director
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Nicholas John Cook

Anemos Associates Ltd: Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, GB

2002 to 2005 | Technical Director
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University of Bristol: Bristol, Bristol, GB

1999 to 2001 | Professor of Industrial Aerodynamics (Department of Aerospace Engineering)
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Nicholas John Cook

NJC Wind Engineering: St Albans, Hertfordshire, GB

1995 to 2000 | Wind Engineering Consultant
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Building Research Establishment: Watford, Hertfordshire, GB

1990 to 1995 | Director (Geotechnics and Structures Group)
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Building Research Establishment: Watford, Hertfordshire, GB

1989 to 1990 | Senior Wind Engineering Consultant (Structural Design Division)
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Building Research Establishment: Watford, Hertfordshire, GB

1989 to 1989 | (Acting) Division Head (Structural Design Division)
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Building Research Establishment: Watford, Hertfordshire, GB

1979 to 1989 | Head of Wind Engineering Section (Structural Design Division)
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Building Research Establishment: Watford, Hertfordshire, GB

1973 to 1979 | Wind Loading Section (Structural Engineering Division)
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University of Bristol: Bristol, Bristol, GB

1971 to 1973 | Research Assistant (Aeronautical Engineering)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Bristol: Bristol, Bristol, GB

1984-07 to present | DSc(Eng) (Department of Aerospace Engineering)
Education
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University of Bristol: Bristol, Bristol, GB

1969 to 1971 | PhD (Department of Aerospace)
Education
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University of Bristol: Bristol, Bristol, GB

1966 to 1969 | BSc(Eng) (Department of Aerospace Engineering)
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Professional activities (32)

Royal Academy of Engineering: London, London, GB

1998 to present | Fellowship (FREng)
Invited position
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Nicholas John Cook

Institution of Civil Engineers: London, GB

1991 to present | Fellow (FICE)
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Nicholas John Cook

Institution of Structural Engineers: London, London, GB

1989 to present | Fellow (FIStructE)
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Royal Meteorological Society: Reading, GB

1976 to present | Fellow
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Wind and Structures Journal: Taejon, KR

1997 to 2021 | Editorial Board member
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International Association of Wind Engineering: Tokyo, JP

2007 | Davenport Medal (Inaugural recipient)
Distinction
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Institution of Structural Engineers: London, London, GB

1998 to 2001 | Council member
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Institution of Structural Engineers: London, London, GB

1996 to 2001 | Branch committee member (North Thames Branch)
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University of Portsmouth: Portsmouth, Hampshire, GB

1992 to 2000 | Industrial Advisory Committee member (Civil Engineering)
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University of Nottingham: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, GB

1990 to 1998 | Special Professor (Department of Civil Engineering)
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Nicholas John Cook

International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering: Zurich, CH

1994 to 1997 | Executive Committee member (British Group)
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Nicholas John Cook

Higher Education Funding Council for England: London, GB

1995 to 1996 | Research Assessment Panel (Civil Engineering)
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Nicholas John Cook

Construction News: London, GB

1994 to 1995 | Committee member (1995 R&D Awards)
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Nicholas John Cook

Institution of Structural Engineers: London, London, GB

1992 to 1995 | Council Member
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Nicholas John Cook

International Association of Wind Engineering: Tokyo, JP

1991 to 1995 | European and African Regional Co-ordinator,
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Nicholas John Cook

Steel Construction Institute: Ascot, GB

1990 to 1995 | Co-opted member (Council of the Institute)
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Nicholas John Cook

British Standards Institution: London, England, GB

1990 to 1995 | Member (Standard Policy committee CSB/)
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Nicholas John Cook

IHS Global Ltd London: London, London, GB

1985 to 1995 | Member (Wind Engineering Steering Panel)
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Nicholas John Cook

British Standards Institution: London, England, GB

1983 to 1995 | Member, drafting committee BS6399-2 (Committee BSB525-1-2)
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Institution of Civil Engineers: London, GB

1994 | Fellowship (Wind Engineering Society)
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Nicholas John Cook

International Association of Wind Engineering: Tokyo, JP

1980 to 1994 | Member (Steering committee)
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Nicholas John Cook

European Committee for Standardization: Brussels, BE

1991 to 1993 | Member (TC250 SC1 Eurocode 1)
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Nicholas John Cook

Institution of Structural Engineers: London, London, GB

1990 to 1993 | Branch committee member (North Thames Branch)
Service
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Nicholas John Cook

International Association of Wind Engineering: Tokyo, JP

1981 to 1991 | Coordinator (Aylesbury Comparative Project)
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Nicholas John Cook

International Organisation for Standards : Geneva, CH

1980 to 1991 | Member of working group SC3 (Committee ISO TC98/SC3)
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Nicholas John Cook

Darwin College: Cambridge, GB

1990 to 1990 | Darwin Lecturer (Darwin Lectures)
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Nicholas John Cook

Institution of Structural Engineers: London, London, GB

1989 to 1990 | Hon. Secretary (North Thanes Branch)
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Institution of Structural Engineers: London, GB

1983 to 1989 | Member (MIStructE, CEng)
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Institution of Structural Engineers: London, London, GB

1985 to 1988 | Branch committee member (North Thames Branch)
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Nicholas John Cook

House of Commons: London, London, GB

1987 to 1987 | Expert witness (Select Committee for Dartford River Crossing Bill)
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Nicholas John Cook

British Standards Institution: London, England, GB

1980 to 1983 | Committee Member (Code of practice CP3 Ch5 pt 2)
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Nicholas John Cook

British Standards Institution: London, England, GB

1980 to 1983 | Committee Member (Code of Practice BS8100)
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Nicholas John Cook

Works (50 of 125)

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Extreme Convective Gusts in the Contiguous USA

Meteorology
2024-08 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Nicholas John Cook
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Reliability of Extreme Wind Speeds Predicted by Extreme-Value Analysis

Meteorology
2023-07-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Nicholas John Cook
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Impact of ASOS Real-Time Quality Control on Convective Gust Extremes in the USA

Meteorology
2023-06-13 | Journal article
Contributors: Nicholas John Cook
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Impact of ASOS real-time quality control on convective gust extremes in the USA

2023-05-08 | Preprint
Contributors: Nicholas John Cook
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Automated classification of gust events in the contiguous USA

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
2023-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Nicholas J. Cook
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Are anemometers at airports affected by taxiing aircraft?

Weather
2023-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Nicholas John Cook
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Automated classification of convective downburst events in wind gust observations

2022-08-12 | Preprint
Contributors: Nicholas John Cook
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Locating the anemometers of the US ASOS network and classifying their local shelter

Weather
2022-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Nicholas John Cook
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Curating the TD6405 database of 1-min interval wind observations across the USA for use in Wind Engineering studies

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
2022-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Nicholas J. Cook
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Curating the TD6405 database of 1-minute interval wind observations across the USA for use in Wind Engineering studies

2022-02-24 | Preprint
Contributors: Nicholas John Cook
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Automated Probabilistic Analysis and Parametric Modelling of the Seasonal-Diurnal Wind Vector

Journal of Energy and Power Technology
2021-04-14 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2690-1692
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Nicholas John Cook

Implications of the OEN mixture model of the mean wind vector for the generation of synthetic timeseries and for the assessment of extremes

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
2020-10-29 | Journal article
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Nicholas John Cook

Comments to “Atmospheric boundary layer modeling in a short wind tunnel” by Dan Hlevca and Mircea Deguratu, EJM/B Fluids, 79 (2020), 367-375

European Journal of Mechanics / B Fluids
2020-09-28 | Journal article
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Nicholas John Cook

Parameterizing the seasonal–diurnal wind climate of Rome: Fiumicino and Ciampino

Meteorological Applications
2020-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Nicholas J. Cook
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The OEN mixture model for the joint distribution of wind speed and direction: A globally applicable model with physical justification

Energy Conversion and Management
2019-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0196-8904
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Nicholas John Cook

Evaluation of XIMIS for Assessing Extreme Pressure Coefficients

Frontiers in Built Environment
2019-04-16 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2297-3362
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Nicholas John Cook

Further discussion of “The annual rate of independent events for the analysis of extreme wind speed” by Alessio Torrielli, Maria Pia Repetto & Giovanni Solari

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
2018-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0167-6105
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Nicholas John Cook

Technical note: On extracting independent peak values from correlated time series for assessing extremes

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
2017-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0167-6105
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Nicholas John Cook

Discussion of “Revisiting moment-based characterisation for wind pressures” by G. Huang, Y. Luo, K.R. Gurley and J. Ding

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
2016-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0167-6105
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Nicholas John Cook

Short communication: On the Gaussian-Exponential Mixture Model for pressure coefficients

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
2016-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0167-6105
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Nicholas John Cook

A statistical model of the seasonal-diurnal wind climate at Adelaide

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal (2015) 65, 206-232
2015 | Journal article
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Nicholas John Cook

Visualising seasonal-diurnal trends in wind observations

Weather
2015-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0043-1656
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Nicholas John Cook

Detecting artefacts in analyses of extreme wind speeds

Wind and Structures, 19 (2014), 271-294
2014 | Journal article
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Nicholas John Cook

Parameterising the seasonal-diurnal wind climate

Proc. 11th UK Conference on Wind Engineering, University of Birmingham, September 2014, 51-54
2014 | Conference paper
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Nicholas John Cook

The parent wind speed distribution: Why Weibull?

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
2014-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0167-6105
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Nicholas John Cook

Consolidation of analysis methods for sub-annual extreme wind speeds

Meteorological Applications
2014-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1350-4827
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Nicholas John Cook

The Gringorten estimator revisited

Wind and Structures, 16 (2013), 355-372
2013 | Journal article
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Nicholas John Cook

Technical note: Calibration of EVA methods for peak-over-threshold wind data using Bootstrapping

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
2013-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0167-6105
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Nicholas John Cook

Calibration of Extreme Value Analysis methods for peak-over-threshold wind data

Proc. 2012 UK Wind Engineering Conference, Southampton, September 2012
2012 | Conference paper
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Nicholas John Cook

The statistically independent parent distribution of wind speeds derived by run-of-wind resampling

Proc. 2012 UK Wind Engineering Conference, Southampton, September 2012
2012 | Conference paper
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Nicholas John Cook

The atmospheric tide and the sea-land breeze cycle in Jersey

Weather
2012-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0043-1656
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Nicholas John Cook

Rebuttal of “Problems in the extreme value analysis”

Structural Safety
2012-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0167-4730
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Nicholas John Cook

Comments on “Plotting Positions in Extreme Value Analysis”

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
2011-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1558-8424
Part of ISSN: 1558-8432
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Nicholas John Cook

Development and application of a directional Irwin sensor

UK Conference on Wind Engineering, University of Bristol, September 2010
2010 | Conference paper
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Nicholas John Cook

Thomas Vincent Lawson FREng, 1925–2009—A “reminiscence” by Nicholas Cook

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
2009-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0167-6105
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Nicholas John Cook

Postscript to “Exact and general FT1 penultimate distributions of extreme wind speeds drawn from tail-equivalent Weibull parents”

Structural Safety
2008-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0167-4730
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Nicholas John Cook

Design and capabilities of the ABL wind tunnel at RWDI Anemos

Proc. Wind Engineering Society Conference, Glasgow, September 2006
2006 | Conference paper
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Nicholas John Cook

Penultimate distributions of extreme wind speeds from Weibull parents

Proc. Wind Engineering Society Conference, Cranfield, September 2004
2004 | Conference paper
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Nicholas John Cook

Exact and general FT1 penultimate distributions of extreme wind speeds drawn from tail-equivalent Weibull parents

Structural Safety
2004-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0167-4730
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Nicholas John Cook

Comment on “Discussion on “Generalized extreme gust wind speeds distributions by E. Cheng, C. Yeung” by J.D. Holmes”

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
2004-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0167-6105
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Nicholas John Cook

Confidence limits for extreme wind speeds in mixed climates

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
2004-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0167-6105
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Nicholas John Cook

Discussion of “Unsteady wind loading on a wall” by C J Baker

Wind & Structures, 6 (2003) 165-173
2003 | Journal article
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Nicholas John Cook

Research Update: Extreme wind speeds in the UK

Structural Engineer, 81 (2003), 8, 18-19
2003 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1466-5123
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Nicholas John Cook

Discussion on “Experimental issues in atmospheric boundary layer simulations: roughness length and integral length scale determination” by A.K.S. Iyengar, C. Farell

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
2003-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0167-6105
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Nicholas John Cook

Extreme wind speeds in mixed climates revisited

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
2003-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0167-6105
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Nicholas John Cook

Correspondence on “Parametric calibration of BS6399-2:1997  Wind loads on rails and purlins”

The Structural Engineer, 80 (2002), 10, 19-22
2002 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1466-5123
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Nicholas John Cook

Parametric calibration of BS6399-2:1997  Wind loads on rails and purlins

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2002 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1466-5123
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Nicholas John Cook

Extreme gust factors in turbine design

Fifth UK Conference on Wind Engineering, Nottingham, September 2002
2002-09 | Conference paper
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Nicholas John Cook

Towards quantitative visualisation of transient surface flow on building models using infrared thermography

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
2002-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0167-6105
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Nicholas John Cook

Discussion on “Influence of incident wind turbulence on pressure fluctuations near flat-roof corners by

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
2002-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0167-6105
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Nicholas John Cook
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