Articles | Volume 20, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-107-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-107-2020
Research article
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14 Jan 2020
Research article |  | 14 Jan 2020

Improving sub-seasonal forecast skill of meteorological drought: a weather pattern approach

Doug Richardson, Hayley J. Fowler, Christopher G. Kilsby, Robert Neal, and Rutger Dankers

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