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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

Timothy DelSole, George Mason University and Center for Ocean–Land–Atmosphere Studies

Mingfang Ting, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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Assessment of decadal variability in sea ice in the Community Earth System Model against a long-term regional observational record: implications for the predictability of an ice-free Arctic

Amélie Desmarais and Bruno Tremblay

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0561.1

Published Online:: 26 Feb 2021

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Climatological features of strong winds caused by extratropical cyclones around Japan

Hidetaka Hirata

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0577.1

Published Online:: 26 Feb 2021

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The Response of Extratropical Transition of Tropical Cyclones to Climate Change: Quasi-Idealized Numerical Experiments

Chunyong Jung and Gary M. Lackmann

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0543.1

Published Online:: 26 Feb 2021

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Sub-Seasonal predictability of Arctic Ocean sea ice conditions: Bering Strait and Ekman-driven Ocean Heat Transport

Jed E. Lenetsky, Bruno Tremblay, Charles Brunette, and Gianluca Meneghello

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0544.1

Published Online:: 26 Feb 2021

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Seasonal, interannual and interdecadal variations of the East Asian summer monsoon: A diurnal-cycle perspective

Guixing Chen, Yu Du, and Zhiping Wen

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0882.1

Published Online:: 25 Feb 2021

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Seesawing of winter temperature extremes between East Asia and North America

Mi-Kyung Sung, Seok-Woo Son, Changhyun Yoo, Jaeyoung Hwang, and Soon-Il An

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0789.1

Published Online:: 25 Feb 2021

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Temporal-Spatial Variations of Atmospheric Static Stability: A Comparison of the Influences from Temperature and Its Vertical Difference

Er Lu, Jiawei Hao, and Kexin Yang

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0615.1

Published Online:: 25 Feb 2021

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The Atlantic Multidecadal Variability phase-dependence of teleconnection between the North Atlantic Oscillation in February and the Tibetan Plateau in March

Jingyi Li, Fei Li, Shengping He, Huijun Wang, and Yvan J Orsolini

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0157.1

Published Online:: 24 Feb 2021

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The shallowing surface temperature inversions in the Arctic

Lin Zhang, Minghu Ding, Tingfeng Dou, Yi Huang, Junmei Lv, and Cunde Xiao

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0621.1

Published Online:: 24 Feb 2021

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Characteristics of Cold Air Outbreak events and associated Polar Mesoscale Cyclogenesis over the North Atlantic region

Annick Terpstra, Ian A. Renfrew, and Denis E. Sergeev

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0595.1

Published Online:: 23 Feb 2021

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Mapping Large-scale Climate Variability to Hydrological Extremes: An Application of the Linear Inverse Model to Subseasonal Prediction

Kai-Chih Tseng, Nathaniel C. Johnson, Eric D. Maloney, Elizabeth A. Barnes, and Sarah B. Kapnick

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0502.1

Published Online:: 23 Feb 2021

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Two Types of Mid-High-Latitude Low-Frequency Intraseasonal Oscillations Near the Ural Mountains During Boreal Summer

Tao Zhu and Jing Yang

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0589.1

Published Online:: 23 Feb 2021

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Consistency and Homogeneity of Atmospheric Energy, Moisture, and Mass Budgets in ERA5

Johannes Mayer, Michael Mayer, and Leopold Haimberger

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0676.1

Published Online:: 22 Feb 2021

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Stratospheric and Tropospheric Flux Contributions to the Polar Cap Energy Budgets

Christopher J. Cardinale, Brian E. J. Rose, Andrea L. Lang, and Aaron Donohoe

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0722.1

Published Online:: 22 Feb 2021

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Explicit versus parameterized convection in response to the Atlantic Meridional Mode

Laura Paccini, Cathy Hohenegger, and Bjorn Stevens

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0224.1

Published Online:: 19 Feb 2021

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The Impact of the Stratospheric Polar Vortex Shift on the Arctic Oscillation

Yongjia Lu, Wenshou Tian, Jiankai Zhang, Jinlong Huang, Ruhua Zhang, Tao Wang, and Mian Xu

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0536.1

Published Online:: 19 Feb 2021

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On the Varying Responses of East Asian Winter Monsoon to Three Types of El Niño: Observations and Model Hindcasts

Ji-Won Kim, Ting-Huai Chang, Ching-Teng Lee, and Jin-Yi Yu

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0784.1

Published Online:: 19 Feb 2021

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Assessing prior emergent constraints on surface albedo feedback in CMIP6

Chad W. Thackeray, Alex Hall, Mark D. Zelinka, and Christopher G. Fletcher

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0703.1

Published Online:: 18 Feb 2021

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Heavy Rain-producing Terrestrial Low-Pressure Systems Over East Asian Summer Monsoon Region: Evolution, Energetics, and Trend

Yujia You, Mingfang Ting, and Suzana J. Camargo

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0667.1

Published Online:: 17 Feb 2021

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Radiative impacts of low-level clouds on the summertime subtropical high in the South Indian Ocean simulated in a coupled general circulation model

Ayumu Miyamoto, Hisashi Nakamura, Takafumi Miyasaka, and Yu Kosaka

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0709.1

Published Online:: 17 Feb 2021

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Recent intensified influence of the winter North Pacific sea surface temperature on the withdrawal date of Meiyu

Hua Li, Shengping He, Ke Fan, Yong Liu, and Xing Yuan

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0768.1

Published Online:: 17 Feb 2021

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Rising Planetary Boundary Layer Height over the Sahara Deserts and Arabian Peninsula in a Warming Climate

Liming Zhou, Yuhong Tian, Nan Wei, Shu-peng Ho, and Jing Li

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0645.1

Published Online:: 17 Feb 2021

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Two-year Dynamical Predictions of ENSO Event Duration during 1954–2015

Xian Wu, Yuko M. Okumura, Clara Deser, and Pedro N. DiNezio

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0619.1

Published Online:: 17 Feb 2021

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Drivers of atmospheric and oceanic surface temperature variance: a frequency domain approach

Paige E. Martin, Brian K. Arbic, and Andrew McC. Hogg

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0557.1

Published Online:: 12 Feb 2021

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Spiciness anomalies of Subantarctic mode water in the south Indian Ocean

Motoki Nagura

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0482.1

Published Online:: 12 Feb 2021

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Assessing ENSO Summer Teleconnections, Impacts, and Predictability in North America

Bor-Ting Jong, Mingfang Ting, and Richard Seager

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0761.1

Published Online:: 11 Feb 2021

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Energy flow diagnosis of ENSO from an ocean reanalysis

Takahiro Toyoda, Hideyuki Nakano, Hidenori Aiki, Tomomiti Ogata, Yoshiki Fukutomi, Yuki Kanno, L. Shogo Urakawa, Kei Sakamoto, Goro Yamanaka, and Motoki Nagura

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0704.1

Published Online:: 11 Feb 2021

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Midlatitude winter extreme temperature events and connections with anomalies in the Arctic and tropics

Irina Rudeva and Ian Simmonds

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0371.1

Published Online:: 11 Feb 2021

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Observed extreme air-sea heat flux variations during three tropical cyclones in the tropical southeastern Indian Ocean

Xiangzhou Song, Chunlin Ning, Yongliang Duan, Huiwu Wang, Chao Li, Yang Yang, Jianjun Liu, and Weidong Yu

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0170.1

Published Online:: 11 Feb 2021

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Protected convection as a metric of dry air influence on precipitation

Fiaz Ahmed and J. David Neelin

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0384.1

Published Online:: 11 Feb 2021

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Improvement of ERA5 over ERA-Interim in Simulating Surface Incident Solar Radiation throughout China

Yanyi He, Kaicun Wang, and Fei Feng

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0300.1

Published Online:: 10 Feb 2021

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The Moist Entropy Budget of Terminating Madden-Julian Oscillation Events

Brett Chrisler and Justin P. Stachnik

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0064.1

Published Online:: 10 Feb 2021

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Regional asymmetries in ocean heat and carbon storage due to dynamic redistribution in climate model projections

Richard G. Williams, Anna Katavouta, and Vassil Roussenov

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0519.1

Published Online:: 10 Feb 2021

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Importance of human-induced nitrogen flux increases for simulated Arctic warming

Hyung-Gyu Lim, Jong-Yeon Park, John P. Dunne, Charles A. Stock, Sung-Ho Kang, and Jong-Seong Kug

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0180.1

Published Online:: 09 Feb 2021

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Reconstructing an Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation index from a Pacific Basin-wide collection of ice core records

Stacy E. Porter, Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Lonnie G. Thompson, and Aaron B. Wilson

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0455.1

Published Online:: 09 Feb 2021

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Combined Effects of the British–Baikal Corridor Pattern and the Silk Road Pattern on Eurasian Surface Air Temperatures in Summer

Xinyu Li, Riyu Lu, and Joong-Bae Ahn

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0325.1

Published Online:: 08 Feb 2021

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Radiative and Dynamic Controls on Atmospheric Heat Transport over Different Planetary Rotation Rates

Tyler Cox, Kyle C. Armour, Gerard H. Roe, Aaron Donohoe, and Dargan M. W. Frierson

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0533.1

Published Online:: 08 Feb 2021

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Assessment and Ranking of Climate Models in Arctic Sea-Ice Cover Simulation: from CMIP5 to CMIP6

Zili Shen, Anmin Duan, Dongliang Li, and Jinxiao Li

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0294.1

Published Online:: 05 Feb 2021

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Observed statistical connections overestimate the causal effects of Arctic sea-ice changes on midlatitude winter climate

Russell Blackport and James A. Screen

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0293.1

Published Online:: 05 Feb 2021

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What modulates the intensity of synoptic scale variability over the western North Pacific during boreal summer and fall?

Renguang Wu, Yuqi Wang, and Xi Cao

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0477.1

Published Online:: 05 Feb 2021

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A climatology of atmospheric rivers in New Zealand

Hamish D. Prince, Nicolas J. Cullen, Peter B. Gibson, Jono Conway, and Daniel G. Kingston

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0664.1

Published Online:: 03 Feb 2021

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Contrasting Cloud Regimes and Associated Rainfall over the South Asian and East Asian Monsoon Regions

Ruoting Wu and Guixing Chen

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0992.1

Published Online:: 03 Feb 2021

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Dynamics of East Asian Spring Rainband and spring-autumn contrast: Environmental forcings of large-scale circulation

Shi-Xin Wang, Hong-Chao Zuo, Fen Sun, Li-Yang Wu, Yixing Yin, and Jing-Jia Luo

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0501.1

Published Online:: 03 Feb 2021

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An evaluation of CMIP6 historical simulations of the cold season teleconnection between tropical Indo-Pacific sea surface temperatures and precipitation in Southwest Asia, the coastal Middle East, and Northern Pakistan and India

Mathew Barlow, Andrew Hoell, and Laurie Agel

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-1026.1

Published Online:: 03 Feb 2021

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Impact of stochastic physics and model resolution on the simulation of Tropical Cyclones in climate GCMs

Pier Luigi Vidale, Kevin Hodges, Benoit Vannière, Paolo Davini, Malcolm J. Roberts, Kristian Strommen, Antje Weisheimer, Elina Plesca, and Susanna Corti

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0507.1

Published Online:: 03 Feb 2021

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Impact of the Indian Ocean Dipole on evolution of the subsequent ENSO: Relative roles of dynamic and thermodynamic processes

Zhang Yue, W Zhou, and Tim Li

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0487.1

Published Online:: 02 Feb 2021

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The strong upwelling event off the southern coast of Sri Lanka in 2013 and its relationship with Indian Ocean Dipole events

Yuhui Li, Yun Qiu, Jianyu Hu, Cherry Aung, Xinyu Lin, Chunsheng Jing, and Junpeng Zhang

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0620.1

Published Online:: 02 Feb 2021

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Are 100 ensemble members enough to capture the remote atmospheric response to +2°C Arctic sea ice loss ?

Y. Peings, Z. Labe, and G. Magnusdottir

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0613.1

Published Online:: 01 Feb 2021

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Diversity of the Madden–Julian Oscillation: Initiation Region Modulated by the Interaction Between the Intraseasonal and Interannual Variabilities

Daisuke Takasuka and Masaki Satoh

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0688.1

Published Online:: 01 Feb 2021

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The Influence of South Pacific Convergence Zone Heating on the South Pacific Subtropical Anticyclone

Abdullah A. Fahad, Natalie J. Burls, Erik T. Swenson, and David M. Straus

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0509.1

Published Online:: 01 Feb 2021

Volume 34 (2021): Issue 7 (Apr 2021)

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

Michele M. Rienecker, Max J. Suarez, Ronald Gelaro, Ricardo Todling, Julio Bacmeister, Emily Liu, Michael G. Bosilovich, Siegfried D. Schubert, Lawrence Takacs, Gi-Kong Kim, 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

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00015.1

Published Online:: 15 Jul 2011

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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

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/2011JCLI4083.1

Published Online:: 01 Oct 2011

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The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2)

Ronald Gelaro, Will McCarty, Max J. Suárez, Ricardo Todling, 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

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0758.1

Published Online:: 15 Jul 2017

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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, Mark Iredell, Michael Ek, Jesse Meng, Rongqian Yang, Malaquías Peña Mendez, Huug van den Dool, Qin Zhang, Wanqiu Wang, Mingyue Chen, and Emily Becker

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00823.1

Published Online:: 15 Mar 2014

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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, Bruce L. Wyman, Richard S. Hemler, Larry W. Horowitz, Yi Ming, Ming Zhao, Jean-Christophe Golaz, Paul Ginoux, S.-J. Lin, M. Daniel Schwarzkopf, John Austin, Ghassan Alaka, William F. Cooke, Thomas L. Delworth, Stuart M. Freidenreich, C. T. Gordon, Stephen M. Griffies, Isaac M. Held, William J. Hurlin, Stephen A. Klein, Thomas R. Knutson, Amy R. Langenhorst, Hyun-Chul Lee, Yanluan Lin, Brian I. Magi, Sergey L. Malyshev, P. C. D. Milly, Vaishali Naik, Mary J. Nath, Robert Pincus, Jeffrey J. Ploshay, V. Ramaswamy, Charles J. Seman, Elena Shevliakova, Joseph J. Sirutis, William F. Stern, Ronald J. Stouffer, R. John Wilson, Michael Winton, Andrew T. Wittenberg, and Fanrong Zeng

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/2011JCLI3955.1

Published Online:: 01 Jul 2011

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