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Impact of horizontal resolution on simulation of precipitation extremes in an aqua-planet version of Community Atmospheric Model (CAM3) Cover

Impact of horizontal resolution on simulation of precipitation extremes in an aqua-planet version of Community Atmospheric Model (CAM3)

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Volume 63 (2011): Issue 5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2011.00544.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 884 - 892
Submitted on: Nov 30, 2010
Accepted on: Jul 18, 2011
Published on: Jan 1, 2011
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2011 Fuyu Li, William D. Collins, Michael F. Wehner, David L. Williamson, Jerry G. Olson, Christopher Algieri, published by Stockholm University Press
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