CAMELS-AUS v2: updated hydrometeorological time series and landscape attributes for an enlarged set of catchments in Australia

Fowler, Keirnan J. A.; Zhang, Ziqi; Hou, Xue

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-4079-2025

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CAMELS-AUS v2: updated hydrometeorological time series and landscape attributes for an enlarged set of catchments in Australia

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