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Luo & Stephens 2006
Luo, Z. and Stephens, G.L. (2006). An enhanced convection-wind-evaporation feedback in a superparameterization GCM (SP-GCM) depiction of the Asian summer monsoon. Geophysical Research Letters 33: doi: 10.1029/2005GL025060. issn: 0094-8276.

Both the Colorado State University (CSU) and Goddard superparameterization GCM (SP-GCM) simulate a superactive Asian summer monsoon with unrealistically enhanced levels of precipitation. The underlying physical mechanism for this monsoon bias in the CSU SP-GCM is shown to involve an enhanced convection-wind-evaporation feedback. The feedback process is studied using two experiments with different fixed specifications of surface evaporation. A regional analysis of an area that exhibits excessive precipitation offers a glimpse of the transient nature of the feedback. Finally, we discuss the broader relevance of the feedback study to climate modeling.

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Global Change, Climate dynamics (0429, 3309), Atmospheric Processes, Convective processes, Atmospheric Processes, General circulation, Atmospheric Processes, Global climate models (1626, 4928), Atmospheric Processes, Ocean/atmosphere interactions (0312, 4504)
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Geophysical Research Letters
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