Land-atmosphere Interaction and Climate Variability
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To my family in China and my wife Yun ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wish to thank Prof. Robert Dickinson for advising my thesis and providing support for my PhD study for the past five years. This dissertation would be impossible without his continuous encouragement and support. I am grateful to the support and help from and discussions with Prof. Albany). I also like to thank my current and past group members Drs. for their kindness and numerous help. I wish to thank my family in China for their nourishment and support for so many years, and my wife for encouragement during hard times of this study. ECMWF ERA-40 data used in this study have been obtained from the ECMWF data server.
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