The global monsoon  is a global-scale solstitial mode that domi- nates the annual variation of tropical and sub-tropical precipitation and circulation. The GM domain is defined as the area where the annual range of precipitation  is greater than 2.5 mm/day, following on from the definition as in Kitoh et al. . Further details on how the GM is defined, used
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