Development of Downscaled Climate Projections: A Case Study of the Red River Basin, South-Central U.S.

Figure 2

Performance assessment of the selected 3 GCMs (CCSM4, MIROC5, and MPI-ESM-LR) from the CMIP5 suite based on North American (NA) and central North American (CNA) winter (DJF) and summer (JJA) bias in (a) precipitation and (b) temperature, and (c) climate sensitivity (based on Sheffield et al. [30] and personal communication with Dr. Derek Rosendahl).

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