The objective of this comment is to correct two sets of statements in Litwin et al. (2022,
Liu et al. (2022,
- Award ID(s):
- 1949620
- PAR ID:
- 10464044
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- DOI PREFIX: 10.1029
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Volume:
- 50
- Issue:
- 18
- ISSN:
- 0094-8276
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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