Research Article

The Influences of the Model Configuration on the Simulation of Stratospheric Northern-Hemisphere Polar Vortex in the CMIP5 Models

Table 4

The median value of the model rankings of the mean temperatures in the stratospheric polar vortex region, classified into 4 pairs of groups for the high-top models and low-top models. The numbers in brackets are the number of models in each model group.

ā€‰Nonorographic waveInteractive chemistryGCM/ESMHorizontal resolution
ā€‰YNYNESMGCMHighLow

HT14.4 (17)29.8 (3)13.35 (6)17.05 (14)14.25 (12)19.55 (8)13.1 (10)16.55 (10)
LT17.35 (4)22.55 (18)23.65 (8)22 (14)20.1 (11)24.5 (11)26.9 (12)20.65 (10)