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

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17 Oct 2019

Research Advisory Forum Sydney 2019 Presentation

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forecasting
land management

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Paul Fox-Hughes
End-user
p.fox-hughes@bom.gov.au
Dr Imtiaz Dharssi
Researcher
i.dharssi@bom.gov.au
Dr Vinod Kumar
Researcher
v.kumar@bom.gov.au

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