Research Article

Climate Change Hotspots Identification in China through the CMIP5 Global Climate Model Ensemble

Table 1

Horizontal resolution (longitude × latitude in degree) of the 28 CMIP5 global climate models used.

ModelInstitutionSpatial resolution

1BCC-CSM1.1Beijing Climate Center (BCC), China
2BCC-CSM1.1MBeijing Climate Center (BCC), China
3BNU-ESMBeijing Normal University, China
4CanESM2Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Canada
5CMCC-CMCanadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Canada
6CMCC-CMSCanadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Canada
7CSIRO-Mk3-6-0Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSRIO), Australia
8CSIRO-ACCESS1-0CSRIO, Australia
9FIO-ESMThe First Institute of Oceanography, China
10GFDL-ESM2MGeophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, USA
11GISS-E2-H-CCNASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
12GISS-E2-R-CCNASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
13HadGEM2-AOMet Office Hadley Centre, UK
14HadGEM2-ESMet Office Hadley Centre, UK
15INM-CM4Institute for Numerical Mathematics
16IPSL-CM5A-LRInstitut Pierre-Simon Laplace, France
17IPSL-CM5A-MRInstitut Pierre-Simon Laplace, France
18IPSL-CM5B-LRInstitut Pierre-Simon Laplace, France
19MIROC5AORI (Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute), NIES (National Institute for Environmental Studies), JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Japan
20MIROC-ESMAORI, NIES, JAMSTEC, Japan
21MIROC-ESM-CHEMAORI, NIES, JAMSTEC, Japan
22MPI-ESM-LRMax Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany
23MPI-ESM-MRMax Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany
24MRI-CGCM3Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany
25NCAR-CCSM4National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), USA
26NCAR-CESM1-BGCNCAR, USA
27NCAR-CESM1-CAM5NCAR, USA
28NorESM1-MNorwegian Climate Centre, Norway