Mitigating the effects of severe hazards

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05 Dec 2014

Mitigating the effects of severe fires, floods and heatwaves through the improvements of land dryness measures and forecasts.

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Key Topics

forecasting
modelling
soil moisture

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

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