Research Article

Characteristics and Scenarios Projection of Climate Change on the Tibetan Plateau

Table 2

Comparison of temperature and precipitation between simulations of climate models and observation.

Model name
for short
Simulated valuesAbsolute error of /°CRelative error of /%Correlation coefficientDeterministic coefficient
/°C /mm

BCM2−8.21211.3−11.6146.00.9840.9380.3530.389
CGMR−1.4778.8−4.758.10.9860.9350.7390.678
CNCM3−7.41259.7−10.7155.80.9840.9180.3650.361
CSMK3−6.9639.7−10.229.90.9870.910.4320.736
ECHOG−4.0538.5−7.39.30.9640.6540.589−1.633
FGOAL−1.8592.2−5.220.20.966−0.0840.6490.559
GFCM20−7.7859.4−11.174.50.9820.9230.3650.623
GFCM21−4.0777.3−7.357.80.9850.9220.570−0.705
GIAOM−3.1636.2−6.429.20.980.70.636−3.553
GIEH−3.1296.9−6.4−39.70.975−0.2110.584−3.069
GIER−3.8282.5−7.1−42.60.97−0.1410.5720.490
HADCM3−3.9842.3−7.371.00.9840.8810.5410.644
HADGEM−4.7828.4−8.068.20.9820.940.545−0.723
INCM3−1.5630.5−4.828.00.9420.5790.650−3.451
INGSXG−0.1558.4−3.413.40.9650.3130.700−2.949
IPCM4−5.5521.9−8.96.00.970.5080.526−1.273
MIHR−1.6528.1−4.97.20.9690.7520.655−0.704
MIMR−2.2585.6−5.518.90.9630.7040.635−0.255
MPEH5−2.5596.7−5.821.20.9660.7170.6490.420
MRCGCM−1.3986.2−4.6100.30.9860.9040.7320.282
NCCCSM−4.7796.0−8.061.60.9690.8520.4930.424
NCPCM−3.21153.2−6.6134.20.9760.9320.5960.389

( : precipitation; : temperature).