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CURRENT ISSUE
Volume 38 (2025): Issue 3 (Feb 2025)
About the Journal
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
Isla Simpson, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Darryn Waugh, The Johns Hopkins University
Impact Factor
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2023 Journal Impact Factors in the Meteorology and Atmospheric Science category
Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature Version 6 (ERSSTv6): Part II. Upgrades on Quality Control and Large-scale Filter
Boyin Huang
,
Xungang Yin
,
Tim Boyer
,
Chunying Liu
,
Matthew Menne
,
Yuhan Douglas Rao
,
Thomas Smith
,
Russell Vose
, and
Huai-Min Zhang
Storm Size Modulates Tropical Cyclone Intensification Through an Oceanic Pathway in Global Oceans
Yuhao Liu
,
Shoude Guan
,
I-I Lin
,
Wei Zhao
,
Fei-Fei Jin
,
Ping Liu
, and
Jiwei Tian
Intraseasonal Oscillation Intensity Variations of the Atmospheric Heat Source over the Tibetan Plateau and Their Relationship with Summer Precipitation
Zhu Zhu
,
Meirong Wang
,
Jun Wang
,
Anmin Duan
,
Boqi Liu
, and
Zhongshui Yu
The biennial ENSO in the ACCESS-CM2 due to a weakened atmospheric Bjerknes Feedback in May to June
Arnold Sullivan
,
Shayne McGregor
,
Yann Planton
,
Wenxiu Zhong
,
Simon Marsland
,
Harun Rashid
,
Ziguang Li
, and
Tao Geng
The Influence of North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice in the Barents Sea on Spring Mongolian Cyclone Activity
Jing Wang
,
Lei Chen
, and
Shuanglin Li
Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature Version 6 (ERSSTv6): Part I. An Artificial Neural Network Approach
Boyin Huang
,
Xungang Yin
,
Tim Boyer
,
Chunying Liu
,
Matthew Menne
,
Yuhan Douglas Rao
,
Thomas Smith
,
Russell Vose
, and
Huai-Min Zhang
Transient climate sensitivity shaped by low cloud changes remotely driven by Southern Ocean processes
Robert R. Ford
,
Brian E. J. Rose
, and
M. Cameron Rencurrel
Comparisons of Montane Snow Water Equivalent Projections: Calculating Total Snow Mass in Regions with Projection Agreement and Divergence in the Western US
Justin M. Pflug
,
Sujay V. Kumar
,
Ben Livneh
,
Ethan D. Gutmann
,
Sudershan Gangrade
, and
Shih-Chieh Kao
Effective Timescale of the Northern Hemisphere Winter Circulation Waviness
Gang Chen
and
Yu Nie
Tropical cyclone genesis potential using a ventilated potential intensity
Daniel R. Chavas
,
Suzana J. Camargo
, and
Michael K. Tippett
Arctic sea ice melting has triggered distinct interdecadal transitions since 2000
Bingyi Wu
,
Zhenkun Li
, and
Xiang Zhang
A more La Niña-like response to radiative forcing after flux adjustment in CESM2
Jing-Yi Zhuo
,
Chia-Ying Lee
,
Adam Sobel
,
Richard Seager
,
Suzana J. Camargo
,
Yen-Heng Lin
,
Boniface Fosu
, and
Kevin A. Reed
Observed variability of temperature inversions over the Northern Bay of Bengal with emphasis on recent IOD years
Antony P. Thomas
,
V. Suneel
,
P. S. Karthika
,
M. J. Alex
,
Fabrice Papa
,
V. Trinadha Rao
,
G. Srinivas
,
E. P. Rama Rao
, and
K. Sudheesh
A Multiscale Evaluation of the Wet 2022 in Eastern Australia
Kimberley J. Reid
,
Michael A. Barnes
,
Zoe E. Gillett
,
Tess Parker
,
Danielle G. Udy
,
Hooman Ayat
,
Ghyslaine Boschat
,
Annabel Bowden
,
Nicholas H. Grosfeld
,
Andrew D. King
,
Doug Richardson
,
Yawen Shao
,
Lina Teckentrup
,
Blair Trewin
,
Pandora Hope
,
Linjing Zhou
,
Alexander R. Borowiak
,
Chiara M. Holgate
, and
Rachael N. Isphording
Temporal Comparisons Involving Paleoclimate Data Assimilation: Challenges & Remedies
Julien Emile-Geay
,
Gregory J. Hakim
,
Frederi Viens
,
Feng Zhu
, and
Daniel E. Amrhein
A comprehensive evaluation of biases in convective-storm parameters in CMIP6 models over North America
Deepak Gopalakrishnan
,
Carlos Cuervo-Lopez
,
John T. Allen
,
Robert J. Trapp
, and
Eric Robinson
Efficient Estimation of Climate State and Its Uncertainty Using Kalman Filtering with Application to Policy Thresholds and Volcanism
J. Matthew Nicklas
,
Baylor Fox-Kemper
, and
Charles Lawrence
Northern hemisphere land-atmosphere feedback from prescribed plant phenology in CESM
Xiaolu Li
,
Toby Ault
,
Andrew D. Richardson
,
Steve Frolking
,
Dimitris A. Herrera
,
Mark A. Friedl
,
Carlos M. Carrillo
, and
Colin P. Evans
Volume 38 (2025): Issue 3 (Feb 2025)
Most cited articles since 1990:
The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2)
Ronald Gelaro
,
Will McCarty
,
Max J. Suárez
,
Ricardo Todling
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Andrea Molod
,
Lawrence Takacs
,
Cynthia A. Randles
,
Anton Darmenov
,
Michael G. Bosilovich
,
Rolf Reichle
,
Krzysztof Wargan
,
Lawrence Coy
,
Richard Cullather
,
Clara Draper
,
Santha Akella
,
Virginie Buchard
,
Austin Conaty
,
Arlindo M. da Silva
,
Wei Gu
,
Gi-Kong Kim
,
Randal Koster
,
Robert Lucchesi
,
Dagmar Merkova
,
Jon Eric Nielsen
,
Gary Partyka
,
Steven Pawson
,
William Putman
,
Michele Rienecker
,
Siegfried D. Schubert
,
Meta Sienkiewicz
, and
Bin Zhao
MERRA: NASA’s Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications
Michele M. Rienecker
,
Max J. Suarez
,
Ronald Gelaro
,
Ricardo Todling
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Julio Bacmeister
,
Emily Liu
,
Michael G. Bosilovich
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Siegfried D. Schubert
,
Lawrence Takacs
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Gi-Kong Kim
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Stephen Bloom
,
Junye Chen
,
Douglas Collins
,
Austin Conaty
,
Arlindo da Silva
,
Wei Gu
,
Joanna Joiner
,
Randal D. Koster
,
Robert Lucchesi
,
Andrea Molod
,
Tommy Owens
,
Steven Pawson
,
Philip Pegion
,
Christopher R. Redder
,
Rolf Reichle
,
Franklin R. Robertson
,
Albert G. Ruddick
,
Meta Sienkiewicz
, and
Jack Woollen
The NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2
Suranjana Saha
,
Shrinivas Moorthi
,
Xingren Wu
,
Jiande Wang
,
Sudhir Nadiga
,
Patrick Tripp
,
David Behringer
,
Yu-Tai Hou
,
Hui-ya Chuang
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Mark Iredell
,
Michael Ek
,
Jesse Meng
,
Rongqian Yang
,
MalaquÃas Peña Mendez
,
Huug van den Dool
,
Qin Zhang
,
Wanqiu Wang
,
Mingyue Chen
, and
Emily Becker
The Community Climate System Model Version 4
Peter R. Gent
,
Gokhan Danabasoglu
,
Leo J. Donner
,
Marika M. Holland
,
Elizabeth C. Hunke
,
Steve R. Jayne
,
David M. Lawrence
,
Richard B. Neale
,
Philip J. Rasch
,
Mariana Vertenstein
,
Patrick H. Worley
,
Zong-Liang Yang
, and
Minghua Zhang
Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature, Version 5 (ERSSTv5): Upgrades, Validations, and Intercomparisons
Boyin Huang
,
Peter W. Thorne
,
Viva F. Banzon
,
Tim Boyer
,
Gennady Chepurin
,
Jay H. Lawrimore
,
Matthew J. Menne
,
Thomas M. Smith
,
Russell S. Vose
, and
Huai-Min Zhang
The Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Revisited
Matthew Newman
,
Michael A. Alexander
,
Toby R. Ault
,
Kim M. Cobb
,
Clara Deser
,
Emanuele Di Lorenzo
,
Nathan J. Mantua
,
Arthur J. Miller
,
Shoshiro Minobe
,
Hisashi Nakamura
,
Niklas Schneider
,
Daniel J. Vimont
,
Adam S. Phillips
,
James D. Scott
, and
Catherine A. Smith
Global Increasing Trends in Annual Maximum Daily Precipitation
Seth Westra
,
Lisa V. Alexander
, and
Francis W. Zwiers
GFDL’s ESM2 Global Coupled Climate–Carbon Earth System Models. Part I: Physical Formulation and Baseline Simulation Characteristics
John P. Dunne
,
Jasmin G. John
,
Alistair J. Adcroft
,
Stephen M. Griffies
,
Robert W. Hallberg
,
Elena Shevliakova
,
Ronald J. Stouffer
,
William Cooke
,
Krista A. Dunne
,
Matthew J. Harrison
,
John P. Krasting
,
Sergey L. Malyshev
,
P. C. D. Milly
,
Peter J. Phillipps
,
Lori T. Sentman
,
Bonita L. Samuels
,
Michael J. Spelman
,
Michael Winton
,
Andrew T. Wittenberg
, and
Niki Zadeh
Bias Correction of GCM Precipitation by Quantile Mapping: How Well Do Methods Preserve Changes in Quantiles and Extremes?
Alex J. Cannon
,
Stephen R. Sobie
, and
Trevor Q. Murdock
Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature Version 4 (ERSST.v4). Part I: Upgrades and Intercomparisons
Boyin Huang
,
Viva F. Banzon
,
Eric Freeman
,
Jay Lawrimore
,
Wei Liu
,
Thomas C. Peterson
,
Thomas M. Smith
,
Peter W. Thorne
,
Scott D. Woodruff
, and
Huai-Min Zhang
Most read articles since December 2020:
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Santiago BeguerÃa
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The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2)
Ronald Gelaro
,
Will McCarty
,
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
The NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2
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Shrinivas Moorthi
,
Xingren Wu
,
Jiande Wang
,
Sudhir Nadiga
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Patrick Tripp
,
David Behringer
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Yu-Tai Hou
,
Hui-ya Chuang
,
Mark Iredell
,
Michael Ek
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Jesse Meng
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Rongqian Yang
,
MalaquÃas 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
Robust Responses of the Hydrological Cycle to Global Warming
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Brian J. Soden
The Dynamical Core, Physical Parameterizations, and Basic Simulation Characteristics of the Atmospheric Component AM3 of the GFDL Global Coupled Model CM3
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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
,
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
Bias Correction of GCM Precipitation by Quantile Mapping: How Well Do Methods Preserve Changes in Quantiles and Extremes?
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Stephen R. Sobie
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Trevor Q. Murdock
Impacts of the Indian Ocean on the Indian Summer Monsoon–ENSO Relationship
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Ben P. Kirtman
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Max J. Suarez
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Ronald Gelaro
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Ricardo Todling
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Julio Bacmeister
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Emily Liu
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Michael G. Bosilovich
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Siegfried D. Schubert
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Lawrence Takacs
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Gi-Kong Kim
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Stephen Bloom
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Junye Chen
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Douglas Collins
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Austin Conaty
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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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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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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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Lori T. Sentman
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Bonita L. Samuels
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Michael Winton
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Andrew T. Wittenberg
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Peter W. Thorne
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Viva F. Banzon
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