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Original Articles

Response of precipitation extremes to idealized global warming in an aqua-planet climate model: towards a robust projection across different horizontal resolutions

Fuyu LiLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, MS 50A4037, Berkeley, CA94720, USA;Correspondencee-mail: [email protected]
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William D. CollinsNational Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
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Michael F. WehnerLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, MS 50A4037, Berkeley, CA94720, USA;
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David L. WilliamsonLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, MS 50A4037, Berkeley, CA94720, USA;
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Jerry G. OlsonLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, MS 50A4037, Berkeley, CA94720, USA;
Pages 876-883 | Received 30 Nov 2010, Accepted 18 Jul 2011, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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