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Numerical weather prediction

Key synoptic-scale features influencing the high-impact heavy rainfall in Beijing, China, on 21 July 2012

Huizhen Yu
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Zhiyong MengLaboratory for Climate and Ocean-Atmosphere Studies, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
Article: 31045 | Received 19 Jan 2016, Accepted 16 May 2016, Published online: 14 Jun 2016

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