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Newly Funded Research: July 2010

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Researcher: Phil Arkin
Grant Sponsor: NSF
Amount: $233,450
Grant Study: “Collaborative Research: Changes of the Global Precipitation Characteristics Since 1900 from Observations, Analysis with Uncertainty Estimates.”

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