How well can CMIP5 simulate precipitation and its controlling processes over tropical South America?

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Simulated Links between Deforestation and Extreme Cold Events in South America

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An Overview of CMIP5 and the Experiment Design

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Forecasting Fire Season Severity in South America Using Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies

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The South Atlantic dipole and variations in the characteristics of the South American Monsoon in the WCRP-CMIP3 multi-model simulations

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Enhanced spring convective barrier for monsoons in a warmer world?

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Simulating present-day climate with the INMCM4.0 coupled model of the atmospheric and oceanic general circulations

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Precipitation interannual variability in South America from the WCRP-CMIP3 multi-model dataset

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IPCC global coupled model simulations of the South America monsoon system

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Improvements to NOAA’s Historical Merged Land–Ocean Surface Temperature Analysis (1880–2006)

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Comparison of Precipitation Datasets over the Tropical South American and African Continents

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