Research Article

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

Table 3

List of performance metrics, observation datasets, and time period employed for computing each performance metric.

MetricObservation datasetTime period

Mean-T-LandCRU, UD, ERA40, NCEP1960–1999
Mean-T-SeaERA40, NCEP
Mean-T-Land-SeaCRU, UD, ERA40, NCEP

Mean-P-LandCRU, UD, NCEP1960–1999
Mean-P-SeaNCEP
Mean-P-Land-SeaCRU, UD, NCEP

MDTR-MMM-LandCRU, NCEP1960–1999
MDTR-MMM-SeaNCEP
MDTR-MMM-Land-SeaCRU, NCEP

Season-Amp-T-LandCRU, UD, ERA40, NCEP1960–1999
Season-Amp-T-SeaERA40, NCEP
Season-Amp-T-Land-SeaCRU, UD, ERA40, NCEP

Season-Amp-P-LandCRU, UD, NCEP1960–1999
Season-Amp-P-SeaNCEP
Season-Amp-P-Land-SeaCRU, UD, NCEP

Cor-MMM-T-LandCRU, UD, ERA40, NCEP1960–1999
Cor-MMM-T-SeaERA40, NCEP
Cor-MMM-T-Land-SeaCRU, UD, ERA40, NCEP

Cor-MMM-P-LandCRU, UD, NCEP1960–1999
Cor-MMM-P-SeaNCEP
Cor-MMM-P-Land-SeaCRU, UD, NCEP

STD-MMM-T-LandCRU, UD, ERA40, NCEP1960–1999
STD-MMM-T-SeaERA40, NCEP
STD-MMM-T-Land-SeaCRU, UD, ERA40, NCEP

STD-MMM-P-LandCRU, UD, NCEP1960–1999
STD-MMM-P-SeaNCEP
STD-MMM-P-Land-SeaCRU, UD, NCEP

RMSE-MMM-T-LandCRU, UD, ERA40, NCEP1960–1999
RMSE-MMM-T-SeaERA40, NCEP
RMSE-MMM-T-Land-SeaCRU, UD, ERA40, NCEP

RMSE-MMM-P-LandCRU, UD, NCEP1960–1999
RMSE-MMM-P-SeaNCEP
RMSE-MMM-P-Land-SeaCRU, UD, NCEP

Var-T-LandCRU, UD1901–1999
CV-P-LandCRU, UD1901–1999
RMSE-T-LandCRU, UD1901–1999
RMSE-P-LandCRU, UD1901–1999
Trend-T-LandCRU, UD1901–1999
Trend-P-LandCRU, UD1901–1999
ENSO-T-LandCRU, UD1901–1999
ENSO-P-LandCRU, UD1901–1999

MMM is the season designation. FMA: February, March, and April; MJJASO: May, June, July, August, September, and October; NDJ: November, December, and January.