1. School of Sciences University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba Australia
2. NOAA/National Integrated Drought Information System, and Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences (CIRES) University of Colorado Boulder Boulder Colorado USA
3. Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Space Science and Engineering Center University of Wisconsin‐Madison Madison Wisconsin USA
4. School of Sciences, Centre for Applied Climate Sciences (CACS) University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba Queensland Australia