Merging Seasonal Rainfall Forecasts from Multiple Statistical Models through Bayesian Model Averaging

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This work was completed as part of the Water Information Research and Development Alliance (WIRADA), a collaboration between CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology to facilitate the transfer of research to operations. The work was also partly funded by the CSIRO OCE Science Leader Scheme. We thank Dr. Eun-Pa Lim for providing the grid coordinates used in the Predictive Ocean Atmosphere Model for Australia (POAMA), Cathy Bowditch for proofreading and editing an early version of the manuscript, and Dr. William Wang for providing valuable comments on the work. We are most grateful to two anonymous reviewers, whose insightful critique and constructive suggestions have led us to improve the paper significantly.