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ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
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Yue Sun, Jianping Li
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Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Jonathan D. Beverley, Matthew Collins, F. Hugo Lambert, Robin Chadwick
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JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
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Mingna Wu, Tianjun Zhou, Xiaolong Chen
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JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
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Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Zhiqing Xu, Ke Fan
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JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2022)
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Tiantian Yu, Juan Feng, Wen Chen, Xiaocong Wang
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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
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Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Xieyuan Wang, Tim Li, Chao He
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JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2021)
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Na Wen, Laurent Li, Yongsheng Hao
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JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2022)
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Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
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