Research Article

Evaluation of CMIP5 Global Climate Models over the Volta Basin: Precipitation

Table 1

Details of models used in the study (the descriptions are from Taylor et al. [42]), showing models’ spatial resolution for the Atmospheric Global Climate Model (AGCM) and Oceanic Global Climate Model (OGCM) and the various institutions that produced the models.

Model nameResolution, number of grids (lon. × lat.; levels) of AGCM (OGCM)Institution

BCC-CSM1.1128 × 64; 26 (360 × 232; 40)Beijing Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, China
BNU-ESM128 × 64; 26 (360 × 200; 50)College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University
CanESM2128 × 64; 26 (360 × 192; 40)Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Canada
CCSM4228 × 192; 26 (320 × 384; 60)National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
CESM1-BGC288 × 192; 26National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
CMCC-CM480 × 240; 31 (182 × 149; 31)Centro Euro-Mediterraneo per I Cambiamenti Climatici, Italy
CNRM-CM5256 × 128; 31 (362 × 292; 42)Centre National de Rescherches Meteorologiques/Centre Europeen de Recherche et Formation Avances en Calcu Scientifique, France
CSIRO-Mk3.6.0192 × 96; 18 (192 × 189; 31)Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in collaboration with the Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence, Australia
EC-EARTH320 × 160; 21 (182 × 149; 31)EC-Earth (European Earth System Model)
HadGEM2-AO192 × 145; 60 (360 × 216; 40)National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul, South Korea
HadGEM2-CC192 × 144; 60 (360 × 216; 40)Met Office Hadley Centre, UK
INMCM4180 × 120; 21 (360 × 340; 40)Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Russia
IPSL-CM5A-MR96 × 96; 39 (182 × 149; 31)Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, France
MIROC5256 × 128; 40 (256 × 224; 50)Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (The University of Tokyo), National Institute for Environmental Studies, and Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan
MIROC-ESM128 × 64; 80 (256 × 192; 44)Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (The University of Tokyo), and National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
MPI-ESM-MR192 × 96; 47 (256 × 220; 40)Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), Germany
MRI-CGCM3320 × 160; 48 (360 × 368; 51)Meteorological Research Institute, Japan
NorESM1-M144 × 96; 26 (320 × 384; 70)Norwegian Climate Centre, Norway