Mitigating the effects of severe fires, floods and heatwaves

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27 Oct 2014
Imtiaz Dharssi (Bureau of Meteorology) discusses the ability to mitigate the effects of fires, floods and heatwaves through improvements to land dryness measures and forecasts.

Key Topics

fire
flood
forecasting

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Dr Imtiaz Dharssi
Researcher
i.dharssi@bom.gov.au

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Improving land dryness measures and forecasts

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