Response of precipitation extremes to idealized global warming in an aqua-planet climate model: towards a robust projection across different horizontal resolutions
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2011.00543.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
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Submitted on: Nov 30, 2010
Accepted on: Jul 18, 2011
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