Climate Projections for South America: RegCM3 Driven by HadCM3 and ECHAM5

Table 1

Lifecycle of the South American monsoon in the present (1960–1990) climate (details are in the text).

	Mean; and standard-deviation; Gan et al. (2006) [41]	Median; Bombardi and Carvalho (2008) [5]	Mean; and standard-deviation; RegECHAM	Mean; and standard-deviation; RegHad
Onset	58 (±3)	56–60	59 (±1.6)	56 (±1.0)
Demise	22 (±2)	20–24	22 (±1.4)	19 (±2.5)
Length	38	~38	37	37