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“A little bit obsessed with the weather”: Leveraging Australian farmers’ online weather practices to inform the design of climate services

Stephen Snowa Environment, CSIRO, Brisbane, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Aysha Flemingb Environment, CSIRO, Hobart, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9895-1928View further author information
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Simon Fielkea Environment, CSIRO, Brisbane, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1166-231XView further author information
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Yuwan Malakara Environment, CSIRO, Brisbane, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9067-7108View further author information
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Emma Jakkua Environment, CSIRO, Brisbane, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8083-5785View further author information
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Article: 2296652 | Received 09 Jun 2023, Accepted 14 Dec 2023, Published online: 27 Dec 2023

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