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Meteorological aspects of the January 2003 south-eastern Australia bushfire outbreak

James Taylor Severe Weather Section, Bureau of Meteorology, Sydney, NSW, 1300, Australia
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Robert Webb Weather and Ocean Services Policy Branch, Bureau of Meteorology, GPO Box 1289K, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia
Pages 94-103 | Received 19 Apr 2005, Published online: 15 Apr 2013

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