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© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Using subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) extreme rainfall forecasts for extended-range flood prediction in Australia
C. J. White
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School of Engineering and ICT, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
S. W. Franks
School of Engineering and ICT, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
D. McEvoy
Global Cities Research Institute, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
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