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

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Models</td><td align="center">ECHAM5</td><td align="center">RegCM3</td><td align="center">REMO</td><td align="center">HadCM3</td><td align="center">RCA</td><td align="center">HadRM3P</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">PCC</td><td align="center">0.925</td><td align="center">0.849</td><td align="center">0.893</td><td align="center">0.889</td><td align="center">0.888</td><td align="center">0.840</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="7"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Spatial pattern correlation coefficient (PCC) over West Africa from individual GCM (ECHAM5 and HadCM3) and individual RCM (RegCM3, REMO, HadRM3P, and RCA) rainfall with respect to GPCP. Models output are interpolated to GPCP grid.  

International Journal of Geophysics

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Table 5: Multimodel GCM-RCM Ensemble-Based Projections of Temperature and Precipitation over West Africa for the Early 21st Century 