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Current climate data rescue activities in Australia

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  1. Centre for Climate Change, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tortosa, 43500, Spain

    Linden Ashcroft

  2. Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, EX13PB, UK

    Rob Allan

  3. School of Environmental and Life Sciences, The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, 2300, Australia

    Howard Bridgman

  4. School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia

    Joëlle Gergis

  5. International Centre for Applied Climate Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, 4350, Australia

    Christa Pudmenzky

  6. Cultural Collections, The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, 2300, Australia

    Ken Thornton

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Ashcroft, L., Allan, R., Bridgman, H. et al. Current climate data rescue activities in Australia. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 33, 1323–1324 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-016-6189-5

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