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Tim Li Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Hawai’i, Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA

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Abdallah Abida Agence Nationale de l’Aviation Civile et de la Météorologie de l’Union des Comores, Moroni, Comoros

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M. Yu. Bardin Yu. A. Izrael Institute of Global Climate and Ecology, and Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

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Online Publication:
12 Aug 2020
Print Publication:
01 Aug 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/2020BAMSStateoftheClimate_Chapter7.1
Page(s):
S321–S420
Free access

Corresponding author: North America: Ahira Sánchez-Lugo / Ahira.Sanchez-Lugo@noaa.gov., Central America and the Caribbean: Ahira Sánchez-Lugo / Ahira.Sanchez-Lugo@noaa.gov, South America: Ahira Sánchez-Lugo / Ahira.Sanchez-Lugo@noaa.gov, Africa: Ademe Mekonnen / amekonne@ncat.edu, Europe: Peter Bissolli / Peter.Bissolli@dwd.de, Asia: Tim Li / timli@hawaii.edu, Oceania: Catherine Ganter / Catherine.Ganter@bom.gov.au

Corresponding author: North America: Ahira Sánchez-Lugo / Ahira.Sanchez-Lugo@noaa.gov., Central America and the Caribbean: Ahira Sánchez-Lugo / Ahira.Sanchez-Lugo@noaa.gov, South America: Ahira Sánchez-Lugo / Ahira.Sanchez-Lugo@noaa.gov, Africa: Ademe Mekonnen / amekonne@ncat.edu, Europe: Peter Bissolli / Peter.Bissolli@dwd.de, Asia: Tim Li / timli@hawaii.edu, Oceania: Catherine Ganter / Catherine.Ganter@bom.gov.au
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