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Journal of Climate

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Volume 36 (2023): Issue 4 (Feb 2023)

 
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The Journal of Climate (JCLI) publishes research that advances basic understanding of the dynamics and physics of the climate system on large spatial scales, including variability of the atmosphere, oceans, land surface, and cryosphere; past, present, and projected future changes in the climate system; and climate simulation and prediction.

ISSN: 0894-8755; eISSN: 1520-0442

Editors in Chief

Mingfang Ting, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Darryn Waugh, The Johns Hopkins University

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5.380

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Ambiguous Variations in Tropical Latent Heat Flux since the Years around 1998

Rongwang Zhang
,
Weihao Guo
,
Xin Wang
, and
Chunzai Wang
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0381.1
Published Online:
03 Feb 2023
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Impacts of anthropogenic emissions over South Asia on East Asian spring climate: Two possible dynamical pathways

Xinyue Hao
,
Yiquan Jiang
,
Xiu-Qun Yang
,
Xiaohong Liu
,
Yang Zhang
,
Minghuai Wang
,
Yuan Liang
, and
Yong Wang
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0049.1
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03 Feb 2023
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The Edge Intensification of Eastern Pacific ITCZ Convection

Hirohiko Masunaga
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0382.1
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02 Feb 2023
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Global Climate Impacts of Greenland and Antarctic Meltwater: A Comparative Study

Qian Li
,
John Marshall
,
Craig D. Rye
,
Anastasia Romanou
,
David Rind
, and
Maxwell Kelley
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0433.1
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02 Feb 2023
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Southern Hemisphere Response to the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation in the CMIP5/6 Models

Jian Rao
,
Chaim I. Garfinkel
,
Rongcai Ren
,
Tongwen Wu
, and
Yixiong Lu
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0675.1
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02 Feb 2023
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Upstream Large-Scale Control of Subtropical Low-Cloud Climatology

Hamish Lewis
,
Gilles Bellon
, and
Tra Dinha
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0676.1
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02 Feb 2023
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10–30-day Subseasonal Features Associated with Multiple and Isolated Persistent Rainfall Events over South China

Bin Zheng
,
Ailan Lin
, and
Yanyan Huang
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0715.1
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01 Feb 2023
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Relative Contribution of Moisture Transport During TC Active and Inactive Periods to the Precipitation in Henan Province of North China: Mean State and an Extreme Event

Yangruixue Chen
,
Bo Liu
,
Yali Luo
,
Cristian Martinez-Villalobos
,
Guoyu Ren
,
Yongjie Huang
,
Sihan Zhang
,
Yong Sun
, and
Zhongshi Zhang
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0582.1
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01 Feb 2023
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Characteristics and Formation of Two Leading Marine Heatwave Modes in the North Indian Ocean during Summer and Their Implications for Local Precipitation

Jayarathna W. N. D. Sandaruwan
,
Wen Zhou
,
Paxson K. Y. Cheung
,
Yan Du
, and
Xuan Wang
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0574.1
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31 Jan 2023
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Contribution of PDO to Decadal Variations of Glaze Dipole Pattern in China

Yong Liu
,
Shui Yu
, and
Huopo Chen
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0932.1
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31 Jan 2023
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Pitfalls of Climate Network Construction - A Statistical Perspective

Moritz Haas
,
Bedartha Goswami
, and
Ulrike von Luxburg
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0549.1
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30 Jan 2023
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Interdecadal Variations of the Scandinavian Pattern

Bo Pang
,
Adam A. Scaife
,
Riyu Lu
,
Rongcai Ren
, and
Xiaoxuan Zhao
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0494.1
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27 Jan 2023
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The Timescales of Climate Responses to Carbon Dioxide and Aerosols

Camilla W. Stjern
,
Piers M. Forster
,
Hailing Jia
,
Caroline Jouan
,
Matthew R. Kasoar
,
Gunnar Myhre
,
Dirk Olivié
,
Johannes Quaas
,
Bjørn H. Samset
,
Maria Sand
,
Toshihiko Takemura
,
Apostolos Voulgarakis
, and
Christopher D. Wells
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0513.1
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26 Jan 2023
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On the Role of Sea Surface Temperature in the Clustering of Global Tropical Cyclone Formation

Chanh Kieu
,
Ming Zhao
,
Zhihong Tan
,
Bosong Zhang
, and
Thomas Knutson
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0623.1
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25 Jan 2023
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Zonally Asymmetric Multidecadal Variability of the North Pacific Subtropical Fronts

Baolan Wu
and
Lixiao Xu
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0299.1
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25 Jan 2023
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Formation Mechanism of the ENSO-Independent Summer Western North Pacific Anomalous Anticyclone

Tong Lu
,
Zhiwei Zhu
,
Ying Yang
,
Jing Ma
, and
Gang Huang
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0271.1
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24 Jan 2023
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Three-Dimensional Structure of Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves in Aquaplanet Experiments with Resolved or Parameterized Convection

Rosimar Rios-Berrios
,
Falko Judt
,
George Bryan
,
Brian Medeiros
, and
Wei Wang
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0422.1
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23 Jan 2023
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Climate Impacts of Convective Cloud Microphysics in NCAR CAM5

Lin Lin
,
Xiaohong Liu
,
Qiang Fu
, and
Yunpeng Shan
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0136.1
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20 Jan 2023
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A Physical Explanation for Ocean Air-Water Warming Differences Under CO2-Forced Warming

Mark T. Richardson
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0215.1
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20 Jan 2023
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Watermass Co-Ordinates Isolate the Historical Ocean Warming Signal

T. Sohail
,
R. M. Holmes
, and
J.D. Zika
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0363.1
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20 Jan 2023
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North Atlantic Oscillation Associated Variation in Cloud Phase and Cloud Radiative Forcing Over the Greenland Ice Sheet

Haotian Zhang
,
Chuanfeng Zhao
,
Yan Xia
, and
Yikun Yang
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0718.1
Published Online:
19 Jan 2023
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Projected impacts of Antarctic Meltwater Anomalies Over the 21st Century

Ariaan Purich
and
Matthew H. England
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0457.1
Published Online:
19 Jan 2023
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Delayed Impacts of ENSO on the Frequency of Summer Extreme Hot Day in the Asian Monsoon Region. Part II: Implication for Seasonal Prediction

Xinyu Lu
,
Chaoxia Yuan
,
Jing-Jia Luo
, and
Toshio Yamagata
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0668.1
Published Online:
18 Jan 2023
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Delayed Impacts of ENSO on the Frequency of Summer Extreme Hot Days in the Asian Monsoon Region. Part I: Observation, Historical Simulation and Future Projection in CMIP6 Models

Jiaxin Ye
,
Chaoxia Yuan
,
Mengzhou Yang
,
Xinyu Lu
,
Jing-Jia Luo
, and
Toshio Yamagata
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0667.1
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18 Jan 2023
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Changes of Extreme Precipitation in CMIP6 Projections: should We use Stationary or Nonstationary Models?

Hebatallah M. Abdelmoaty
and
Simon Michael Papalexiou
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0467.1
Published Online:
16 Jan 2023
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Events of the Cross-Equatorial Flows Over the Maritime Continent During 1979–2020

Xiaoxuan Zhao
,
Riyu Lu
, and
Jianqi Sun
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0589.1
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16 Jan 2023
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Modulation Effect of Annual Cycle on Interdecadal Warming Trends over the Tibetan Plateau during 1998-2020

Zhengkun Qin
and
Xiaolei Zou
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0517.1
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13 Jan 2023
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Regional Persistent Extreme Precipitation Events over Southwest China under Different Low-Latitude Intraseasonal Oscillations during Rainy Season

Yanbo Nie
and
Jianqi Sun
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0310.1
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13 Jan 2023
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Future Drying Subtropical East Asia in Winter: Mechanism and Observational Constraint

Chao He
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0347.1
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12 Jan 2023
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The Key Role of Cloud-Climate Coupling in Extratropical Sea Surface Temperature Variability

Chloe L. Boehm
and
David W. J. Thompson
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0362.1
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12 Jan 2023
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Exploring Subtropical Stratocumulus Multiple Equilibria using a Mixed-Layer Model

Andrea M. Salazar
and
Eli Tziperman
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0528.1
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11 Jan 2023
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Rectified Ocean Heat Uptake from Oscillatory Surface Forcing

M. P. Pudig
,
C. K. Yung
,
J. D. Zika
, and
R. M. Holmes
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0267.1
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11 Jan 2023
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Estimating the Significance of the Added Skill from Initializations: The Case of Decadal Predictions

Bo Christiansen
,
Shuting Yang
, and
Dominic Matte
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0605.1
Published Online:
10 Jan 2023
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Interannual Variability of the Wintertime Asian-Bering-North American Teleconnection Linked to Eurasian Snow Cover and Maritime Continent Sea Surface Temperature

Wogu Zhong
and
Zhiwei Wu
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0367.1
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10 Jan 2023
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Past to Future Drylands in China: A Multimodel Analysis using CMIP6 Simulations

Jiawen Shi
,
Zhiping Tian
,
Xianmei Lang
, and
Dabang Jiang
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0720.1
Published Online:
10 Jan 2023
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The Relative Warming Rates of Heat Events and Median Days in the Pacific Northwest from Observations and a Regional Climate Model

Eric P Salathé Jr
,
Adrienne Beggs
,
Chris McJunkin
, and
Satveer Sandhu
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0313.1
Published Online:
06 Jan 2023
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Upper Oceanic Warming in the Gulf of Mexico between 1950 and 2020

Zhankun Wang
,
Tim Boyer
,
James Reagan
, and
Patrick Hogan
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0409.1
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06 Jan 2023
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The Deep Arctic Ocean and Fram Strait in CMIP6 Models

Céline Heuzé
,
Hannah Zanowski
,
Salar Karam
, and
Morven Muilwijk
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0194.1
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04 Jan 2023
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A Joint Approach Combining Correlation and Mutual Information to Study Land and Ocean Drivers of US Droughts: Methodology

Chul-Su Shin
,
Paul A. Dirmeyer
, and
Bohua Huang
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0429.1
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04 Jan 2023
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Asymmetric boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation events over the western North Pacific and their impacts on East Asian precipitation

Wen Li
,
Xiu-Qun Yang
,
Jiabei Fang
,
Lingfeng Tao
, and
Xuguang Sun
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0750.1
Published Online:
29 Dec 2022
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Quantifying the Predictability of ENSO Complexity Using a Statistically Accurate Multiscale Stochastic Model and Information Theory

Xianghui Fang
and
Nan Chen
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0151.1
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29 Dec 2022
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Decadal shift in summer precipitation variability over East Asia in the mid-2000s and wave propagation toward North America

Shinji Matsumura
and
Takeshi Horinouchi
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0292.1
Published Online:
27 Dec 2022
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Drivers of an Ecologically-Relevant Summer North American Dipole

Husile Bai
,
Courtenay Strong
, and
Benjamin Zuckerberg
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0542.1
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27 Dec 2022
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The impact of tropical Pacific SST biases on the S2S forecast skill over the North America in the UFS global coupled model

Cristiana Stan
,
V. Krishnamurthy
,
Hedanqiu Bai
,
Bin Li
,
Avichal Mehra
,
Jessica Meixner
,
Shrinivas Moorthi
,
Lydia Stefanova
,
Jiande Wang
,
Jun Wang
,
Denise Worthen
, and
Fanglin Yang
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0196.1
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27 Dec 2022
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The Dynamical Tropopause Location as a Potential Predictor for North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity

Bernhard M. Enz
,
David Neubauer
,
Michael Sprenger
, and
Ulrike Lohmann
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0479.1
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23 Dec 2022
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Changes and Mechanisms of Long-Lived Warm Blobs in the Northeast Pacific in Low-Warming Climates

Cong Tang
,
Jian Shi
,
Yu Zhang
,
Shengpeng Wang
,
Chun Li
,
Riyu Lu
,
Tengfei Yu
,
Ruiqi Wang
, and
Ziyan Chen
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0152.1
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20 Dec 2022
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Role of Ocean Initialization in Skillful Prediction of Sahel Rainfall on the Decadal Timescale

Yujun He
,
Bin Wang
,
Lijuan Li
,
Juanjuan Liu
,
Yong Wang
, and
Feifei Li
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0729.1
Published Online:
20 Dec 2022
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Can Polar Stratospheric Clouds Explain Arctic Amplification?

Deepashree Dutta
,
Steven C. Sherwood
,
Martin Jucker
,
Alex Sen Gupta
, and
Katrin J. Meissner
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0497.1
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19 Dec 2022
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Structural and Environmental Characteristics of Western Baiu Frontal Depressions

Eigo Tochimoto
and
Wataru Yanase
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0515.1
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19 Dec 2022
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The Varying Earth’s Radiative Feedback Connected to the Ocean Energy Uptake: a Theoretical Perspective from Conceptual Frameworks

Diego Jiménez-de-la-Cuesta
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0345.1
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19 Dec 2022

Volume 36 (2023): Issue 4 (Feb 2023)

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MERRA: NASA’s Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications

Michele M. Rienecker
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Max J. Suarez
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Ronald Gelaro
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Julio Bacmeister
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Emily Liu
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Siegfried D. Schubert
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Lawrence Takacs
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Stephen Bloom
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Junye Chen
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Douglas Collins
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Arlindo da Silva
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Joanna Joiner
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Randal D. Koster
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Robert Lucchesi
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Tommy Owens
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Steven Pawson
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Philip Pegion
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Christopher R. Redder
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Rolf Reichle
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Franklin R. Robertson
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Albert G. Ruddick
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Meta Sienkiewicz
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Jack Woollen
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00015.1
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15 Jul 2011
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The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2)

Ronald Gelaro
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Will McCarty
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Max J. Suárez
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Ricardo Todling
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Andrea Molod
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Lawrence Takacs
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Cynthia A. Randles
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Anton Darmenov
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Michael G. Bosilovich
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Rolf Reichle
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Krzysztof Wargan
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Lawrence Coy
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Richard Cullather
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Clara Draper
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Santha Akella
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Virginie Buchard
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Austin Conaty
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Arlindo M. da Silva
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Wei Gu
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Gi-Kong Kim
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Randal Koster
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Robert Lucchesi
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Dagmar Merkova
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Jon Eric Nielsen
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Gary Partyka
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Steven Pawson
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William Putman
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Michele Rienecker
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Siegfried D. Schubert
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Meta Sienkiewicz
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Bin Zhao
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0758.1
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15 Jul 2017
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The Community Climate System Model Version 4

Peter R. Gent
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Gokhan Danabasoglu
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Leo J. Donner
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Marika M. Holland
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Elizabeth C. Hunke
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Steve R. Jayne
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David M. Lawrence
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Richard B. Neale
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Philip J. Rasch
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Mariana Vertenstein
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Patrick H. Worley
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Zong-Liang Yang
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Minghua Zhang
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https://doi.org/10.1175/2011JCLI4083.1
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01 Oct 2011
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The NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2

Suranjana Saha
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Shrinivas Moorthi
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Xingren Wu
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Jiande Wang
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Sudhir Nadiga
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Patrick Tripp
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David Behringer
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Yu-Tai Hou
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Hui-ya Chuang
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Mark Iredell
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Michael Ek
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Jesse Meng
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Rongqian Yang
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Malaquías Peña Mendez
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Huug van den Dool
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Qin Zhang
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Wanqiu Wang
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Mingyue Chen
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Emily Becker
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00823.1
Published Online:
15 Mar 2014
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Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature, Version 5 (ERSSTv5): Upgrades, Validations, and Intercomparisons

Boyin Huang
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Peter W. Thorne
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Viva F. Banzon
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Tim Boyer
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Gennady Chepurin
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Jay H. Lawrimore
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Matthew J. Menne
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Thomas M. Smith
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Russell S. Vose
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Huai-Min Zhang
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0836.1
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15 Oct 2017
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GFDL’s ESM2 Global Coupled Climate–Carbon Earth System Models. Part I: Physical Formulation and Baseline Simulation Characteristics

John P. Dunne
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Jasmin G. John
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Alistair J. Adcroft
,
Stephen M. Griffies
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Robert W. Hallberg
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Elena Shevliakova
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Ronald J. Stouffer
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William Cooke
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Krista A. Dunne
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Matthew J. Harrison
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John P. Krasting
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Sergey L. Malyshev
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P. C. D. Milly
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Peter J. Phillipps
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Lori T. Sentman
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Bonita L. Samuels
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Michael J. Spelman
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Michael Winton
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Andrew T. Wittenberg
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Niki Zadeh
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00560.1
Published Online:
01 Oct 2012
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Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature Version 4 (ERSST.v4). Part I: Upgrades and Intercomparisons

Boyin Huang
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Viva F. Banzon
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Eric Freeman
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Jay Lawrimore
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Wei Liu
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Thomas C. Peterson
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Thomas M. Smith
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Peter W. Thorne
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Scott D. Woodruff
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Huai-Min Zhang
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00006.1
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01 Feb 2015
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The Dynamical Core, Physical Parameterizations, and Basic Simulation Characteristics of the Atmospheric Component AM3 of the GFDL Global Coupled Model CM3

Leo J. Donner
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Bruce L. Wyman
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Richard S. Hemler
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Larry W. Horowitz
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Yi Ming
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Ming Zhao
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Jean-Christophe Golaz
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Paul Ginoux
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S.-J. Lin
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M. Daniel Schwarzkopf
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John Austin
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Ghassan Alaka
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William F. Cooke
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Thomas L. Delworth
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Stuart M. Freidenreich
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C. T. Gordon
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Stephen M. Griffies
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Isaac M. Held
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William J. Hurlin
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Stephen A. Klein
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Thomas R. Knutson
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Amy R. Langenhorst
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Hyun-Chul Lee
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Yanluan Lin
,
Brian I. Magi
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Sergey L. Malyshev
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P. C. D. Milly
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Vaishali Naik
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Mary J. Nath
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Robert Pincus
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Jeffrey J. Ploshay
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V. Ramaswamy
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Charles J. Seman
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Elena Shevliakova
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Joseph J. Sirutis
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William F. Stern
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Ronald J. Stouffer
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R. John Wilson
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Michael Winton
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Andrew T. Wittenberg
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Fanrong Zeng
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/2011JCLI3955.1
Published Online:
01 Jul 2011
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Global Increasing Trends in Annual Maximum Daily Precipitation

Seth Westra
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Lisa V. Alexander
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Francis W. Zwiers
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00502.1
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01 Jun 2013
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The Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Revisited

Matthew Newman
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Michael A. Alexander
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Toby R. Ault
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Kim M. Cobb
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Clara Deser
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Emanuele Di Lorenzo
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Nathan J. Mantua
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Arthur J. Miller
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Shoshiro Minobe
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Hisashi Nakamura
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Niklas Schneider
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Daniel J. Vimont
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Adam S. Phillips
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Catherine A. Smith
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0508.1
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15 Jun 2016

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A Multiscalar Drought Index Sensitive to Global Warming: The Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index

Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano
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Santiago Beguería
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Juan I. López-Moreno
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https://doi.org/10.1175/2009JCLI2909.1
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The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2)

Ronald Gelaro
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Will McCarty
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Max J. Suárez
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Ricardo Todling
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Andrea Molod
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Lawrence Takacs
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Cynthia A. Randles
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Anton Darmenov
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Michael G. Bosilovich
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Rolf Reichle
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Krzysztof Wargan
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Lawrence Coy
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Richard Cullather
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Clara Draper
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Santha Akella
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Virginie Buchard
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Austin Conaty
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Arlindo M. da Silva
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Wei Gu
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Gi-Kong Kim
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Randal Koster
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Robert Lucchesi
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Dagmar Merkova
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Jon Eric Nielsen
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Gary Partyka
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Steven Pawson
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William Putman
,
Michele Rienecker
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Siegfried D. Schubert
,
Meta Sienkiewicz
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Bin Zhao
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0758.1
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Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications version 2 (MERRA-2)
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5419–5454
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The NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2

Suranjana Saha
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Shrinivas Moorthi
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Xingren Wu
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Jiande Wang
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Sudhir Nadiga
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Patrick Tripp
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David Behringer
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Yu-Tai Hou
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Hui-ya Chuang
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Mark Iredell
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Michael Ek
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Jesse Meng
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Rongqian Yang
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Malaquías Peña Mendez
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Huug van den Dool
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Qin Zhang
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Wanqiu Wang
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Mingyue Chen
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Emily Becker
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00823.1
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2185–2208
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Robust Responses of the Hydrological Cycle to Global Warming

Isaac M. Held
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Brian J. Soden
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI3990.1
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5686–5699
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The Dynamical Core, Physical Parameterizations, and Basic Simulation Characteristics of the Atmospheric Component AM3 of the GFDL Global Coupled Model CM3

Leo J. Donner
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Bruce L. Wyman
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Richard S. Hemler
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Larry W. Horowitz
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Yi Ming
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Ming Zhao
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Jean-Christophe Golaz
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Paul Ginoux
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S.-J. Lin
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M. Daniel Schwarzkopf
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John Austin
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Ghassan Alaka
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William F. Cooke
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Thomas L. Delworth
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Stuart M. Freidenreich
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C. T. Gordon
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Stephen M. Griffies
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Isaac M. Held
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William J. Hurlin
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Stephen A. Klein
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Thomas R. Knutson
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Amy R. Langenhorst
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Hyun-Chul Lee
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Yanluan Lin
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Brian I. Magi
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Sergey L. Malyshev
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P. C. D. Milly
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Vaishali Naik
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Mary J. Nath
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Robert Pincus
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Jeffrey J. Ploshay
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V. Ramaswamy
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Charles J. Seman
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Elena Shevliakova
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Joseph J. Sirutis
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William F. Stern
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Ronald J. Stouffer
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R. John Wilson
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Michael Winton
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Andrew T. Wittenberg
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Fanrong Zeng
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/2011JCLI3955.1
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GFDL'S Coupled Model-3 (CM3): Dynamics, Physical Parameterizations, and Simulations
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3484–3519
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Bias Correction of GCM Precipitation by Quantile Mapping: How Well Do Methods Preserve Changes in Quantiles and Extremes?

Alex J. Cannon
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Stephen R. Sobie
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Trevor Q. Murdock
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00754.1
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6938–6959
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Impacts of the Indian Ocean on the Indian Summer Monsoon–ENSO Relationship

Renguang Wu
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Ben P. Kirtman
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https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<3037:IOTIOO>2.0.CO;2
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MERRA: NASA’s Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications

Michele M. Rienecker
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Max J. Suarez
,
Ronald Gelaro
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Ricardo Todling
,
Julio Bacmeister
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Emily Liu
,
Michael G. Bosilovich
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Siegfried D. Schubert
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Lawrence Takacs
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Gi-Kong Kim
,
Stephen Bloom
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Junye Chen
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Douglas Collins
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Austin Conaty
,
Arlindo da Silva
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Wei Gu
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Joanna Joiner
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Randal D. Koster
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Robert Lucchesi
,
Andrea Molod
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Tommy Owens
,
Steven Pawson
,
Philip Pegion
,
Christopher R. Redder
,
Rolf Reichle
,
Franklin R. Robertson
,
Albert G. Ruddick
,
Meta Sienkiewicz
, and
Jack Woollen
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00015.1
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Modern Era Retrospective-Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA)
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3624–3648
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GFDL’s ESM2 Global Coupled Climate–Carbon Earth System Models. Part I: Physical Formulation and Baseline Simulation Characteristics

John P. Dunne
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Jasmin G. John
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Alistair J. Adcroft
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Stephen M. Griffies
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Robert W. Hallberg
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Elena Shevliakova
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Ronald J. Stouffer
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William Cooke
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Krista A. Dunne
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Matthew J. Harrison
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John P. Krasting
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Sergey L. Malyshev
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P. C. D. Milly
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Peter J. Phillipps
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Lori T. Sentman
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Bonita L. Samuels
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Michael J. Spelman
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Michael Winton
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Andrew T. Wittenberg
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Niki Zadeh
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00560.1
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6646–6665
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Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature, Version 5 (ERSSTv5): Upgrades, Validations, and Intercomparisons

Boyin Huang
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Peter W. Thorne
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Viva F. Banzon
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Tim Boyer
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Gennady Chepurin
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Jay H. Lawrimore
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Matthew J. Menne
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Thomas M. Smith
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Russell S. Vose
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Huai-Min Zhang
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0836.1
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8179–8205

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