Precipitation over Northern South America and Its Seasonal Variability as Simulated by the CMIP5 Models

Table 1

General description of the CMIP5 models used in this study.

Model	Institute	AGCM Lon  ×  Lat resolution	Time period	References
CCSM4	National Center for Atmospheric Research (USA)	1.25°  ×  0.9375°	1850–2005	Gent et al. 2011 [46]
FGOALS-g2	Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Tsinghua University (China)	2.8125°  ×  2.8125°	1850–2005	Li et al. 2013 [47]
GFDL-ESM2M	NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (USA)	2.5°  ×  2°	1861–2005	Dunne et al. 2012 [48]
HadGEM2-CC	Met Office Hadley Centre (UK)	1.875°  ×  1.24°	1860–2005	Collins et al. 2011 [49]
HadGEM2-ES	Met Office Hadley Centre (UK)	1.875°  ×  1.24°	1860–2005	Jones et al. 2011 [50]
NorESM1-M	Norwegian Climate Centre (Norway)	2.5°  ×  1.875°	1850–2005	Bentsen et al. 2013 [51]
NorESM1-ME	Norwegian Climate Centre (Norway)	2.5°  ×  1.875°	1850–2005