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Impact of horizontal resolution on simulation of precipitation extremes in an aqua-planet version of Community Atmospheric Model (CAM3)

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Pages 884-892 | Received 30 Nov 2010, Accepted 18 Jul 2011, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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