Multimodel GCM-RCM Ensemble-Based Projections of Temperature and Precipitation over West Africa for the Early 21st Century

Figure 4

1981–2000 averaged JJAS of precipitation (in mm/day) from: (a) CRU observation, (b) GPCC observation, (c) CMAP observation, (d) GPCP observation, (e) ECHAM5, (f) RegCM3, (g) REMO, (h) Ens/CHAM5 (ensemble mean of RCMs driven by ECHAM5), (i) HadCM3, (j) RCA, (k) HadRM3P, and (l) Ens/HadCM3 (ensemble mean of RCMs driven by HadCM3).

(a) JJAS CRU

(b) JJAS GPCC

(c) JJAS CMAP

(d) JJAS GPCP

(e) JJAS ECHAM5

(f) JJAS RegCM3

(g) JJAS REMO

(h) JJAS Ens/ECHAM5

(i) JJAS HadCM3

(j) JJAS RCA

(k) JJAS HadRM3P.

(l) JJAS Ens/HadCM3

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