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Guifu Zhang School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

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01 Sep 2015
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Corresponding author address: Guifu Zhang, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, 120 David L. Boren Blvd., Suite 5900, Norman, OK 73072-7307. E-mail: guzhang1@ou.edu

The original article that was the subject of this comment/reply can be found at http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JAMC-D-13-076.1.

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Corresponding author address: Guifu Zhang, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, 120 David L. Boren Blvd., Suite 5900, Norman, OK 73072-7307. E-mail: guzhang1@ou.edu

The original article that was the subject of this comment/reply can be found at http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JAMC-D-13-076.1.

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