Local early warning systems for drought – Could they add value to nationally disseminated seasonal climate forecasts?

@article{Andersson2020LocalEW,  title={Local early warning systems for drought – Could they add value to nationally disseminated seasonal climate forecasts?},  author={Lotta Andersson and Julie Wilk and L. Phil Graham and Jacob Wikner and Suzan Mokwatlo and Brilliant Mareme Petja},  journal={Weather and Climate Extremes},  year={2020},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:212854220}}

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