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Our group in UCLA’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences is made up of talented researchers, postdoctoral scholars, graduate students, and staff. Our work focuses on reducing the uncertainty in future projections of climate, at both global and regional scales.
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Alex Hall<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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Lei Huang<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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Raymond “Ray” Sukhdeo<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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Sara Graves<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Krantz

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Gavin D. Madakumbura

Emily Slinskey

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Xingying Huang

Sarah Kapnick

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Marla Schwartz

Di Chen

Yen-Heng (Henry) Lin

Florent Brient

Hsin-Yuan (Jerry) Huang

Alex Jousse

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