Translating seasonal climate forecasts into water balance forecasts for decision making

• David MacLeod ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: macleodd1@cardiff.ac.uk

  Affiliation School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5504-6450

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• Edisson A. Quichimbo,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6811-3189

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• Katerina Michaelides,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, Untied States of America, Cabot Institute for the Environment, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Dagmawi Teklu Asfaw,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Rafael Rosolem,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Cabot Institute for the Environment, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Mark O. Cuthbert,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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• Erick Otenyo,

  Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC), Ngong, Kenya

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• Zewdu Segele,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC), Ngong, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9329-8819

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• Jacob M. Rigby,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9653-5007

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• George Otieno,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC), Ngong, Kenya

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• Khalid Hassaballah,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC), Ngong, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2773-4285

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• Abebe Tadege,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC), Ngong, Kenya

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• Michael Bliss Singer

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, Untied States of America, Water Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6899-2224

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