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AffiliAtions: Xie, Mccoy, Klein, and cedeRwall—lawrence livermore national laboratory, livermore, California; hall, MccoRd, and palaniSaMy—oak Ridge national laboratory, oak Ridge, tennessee; clothiauX—the Pennsylvania state University, University Park, Pennsylvania; gauStad, long, MatheR, McfaRlane, and Shi—Pacific northwest national laboratory, Richland, Washington; golaz and lin—noAA geophysical Fluid dynamics laboratory, Princeton, new Jersey; JenSen, JohnSon, and wiScoMbe—Brookhaven national laboratory, Upton, new York; tuRneR—University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin Corresponding Author: shaocheng Xie, Atmospheric, earth and energy division (l-103), lawrence livermore national laboratory, P.o. Box 808, livermore, CA 94550 e-mail: [email protected]