Research Article

Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Extreme Precipitation Events: Applications of CMIP5 Climate Projections Statistically Downscaled over South Korea

Table 1

26 GCMs of CMIP5 for this study.

No.GCMsResolution (degree)Grid pointsInstitution

1CMCC-CM0.750 × 0.74822 × 18Centro Euro-Mediterraneo per I Cambiamenti Climatici
2CCSM41.250 × 0.94213 × 15National Center for Atmospheric Research
3CESM1-BGC1.250 × 0.94213 × 15
4CESM1-CAM51.250 × 0.94213 × 15
5BCC-CSM1-1-M1.125 × 1.12215 × 12Beijing Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration
6MRI-CGCM31.125 × 1.12215 × 12Meteorological Research Institute
7CNRM-CM51.406 × 1.40112 × 12Centre National de Recherches Meteorologiques
8MIROC51.406 × 1.40112 × 10Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (The University of Tokyo)
9HadGEM2-AO1.875 × 1.2509 × 11Met Office Hadley Centre
10HadGEM2-CC1.875 × 1.2509 × 11
11HadGEM2-ES1.875 × 1.2509 × 11
12INM-CM42.000 × 1.5008 × 10Institute for Numerical Mathematics
13IPSL-CM5A-MR1.875 × 1.8657 × 11Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace
14CMCC-CMS1.875 × 1.8659 × 7Centro Euro-Mediterraneo per I Cambiamenti Climatici
15MPI-ESM-LR1.875 × 1.8659 × 7Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M)
16MPI-ESM-MR1.875 × 1.8659 × 7
17FGOALS-s22.813 × 1.6596 × 9LASG, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
18NorESM1-M2.500 × 1.8957 × 8Norwegian Climate Centre
19GFDL-ESM2G2.500 × 2.0236 × 7Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
20GFDL-ESM2M2.500 × 2.0236 × 7
21IPSL-CM5A-LR3.750 × 1.8955 × 8Institute Pierre-Simon Laplace
22IPSL-CM5B-LR3.750 × 1.8955 × 8
23BCC-CSM1-12.813 × 2.7916 × 5Beijing Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration
24CanESM22.813 × 2.7916 × 5Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
25MIROC-ESM-CHEM2.813 × 2.7916 × 5Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
26MIROC-ESM2.813 × 2.7916 × 5