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Analyses of high quality data show that there have been some interesting recent changes in the incidence of some climate extremes in the Australian region and New Zealand.
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Plummer, N., Salinger, M.J., Nicholls, N. et al. Changes in Climate Extremes Over the Australian Region and New Zealand During the Twentieth Century. Climatic Change 42, 183–202 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005472418209
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