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Figure 1: Panel plot summary of the pairwise relationships between precipitation in southern England and several potential driver variables.

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van Oldenborgh, G., Stephenson, D., Sterl, A. et al. Drivers of the 2013/14 winter floods in the UK. Nature Clim Change 5, 490–491 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2612

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