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Significant spatial patterns from the GCM seasonal forecasts of global precipitation
Tongtiegang Zhao
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Center of Water Resources and Environment, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Civil Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
Wei Zhang
IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City,
52242, USA
Yongyong Zhang
Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes,
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
Zhiyong Liu
Center of Water Resources and Environment, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Civil Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
Xiaohong Chen
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Center of Water Resources and Environment, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Civil Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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