Research Article

Evaluation of CMIP5 Global Climate Models for Simulating Climatological Temperature and Precipitation for Southeast Asia

Table 2

Observation and reanalysis datasets employed in this study.

DatasetResearch centerResolutionAvailability

CRU TS3.10.01University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit0.5° × 0.5°1901–2009
UD v.3.01University of Delaware Air Temperature and Precipitation v.3.010.5° × 0.5°1901–2010
NCEPNational Center for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research reanalysis∼1.9° × 1.9°1948–2012
ERA40European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts 40-Year Reanalysis∼2.5° × 2.5°Mid-1957 to mid-2002