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PLOS
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West Virginia University
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SPIE--International Society for Optics and Photonics
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University of North Carolina Health Care
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University of Central Florida
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SPIE--International Society for Optics and Photonics
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Elsevier
Meteorological mechanisms behind severe drought in southwestern China during spring 2021 differ from similar historical events
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory