Forecast Customization System (FOCUS): A Multimodel Ensemble-Based Seasonal Climate Forecasting Tool for the Homogeneous Climate Zones of Myanmar

Table 1

Details of GCM datasets used.

Model	Resolution	Model type	Ensemble size	Source
Community climate system model (CCMv3.6)	2.813° × 2.789°	2-tier	24	National center for atmospheric research, Boulder, USA [35]
Center for ocean-land-atmosphere (COLA)	1.875° × 1.864°	Fully coupled	10	The center for ocean-land-atmosphere studies, Fairfax, USA [36]
Geophysical fluid dynamics laboratory (GFDL)	2.500° × 2.000°	Fully coupled	10	Geophysical fluid dynamics laboratory, Princeton, USA [36]
ECHAM 4.5 CA SST	2.813° × 2.789°	2-tier	24	Max Planck institute for meteorology, Denmark (Li and Goddard 2005)
ECHAM 4.5 CFS SST	2.813° × 2.789°	2-tier	24	Max Planck institute for meteorology, Denmark (CFS-predicted SST)
European center for medium-range weather forecasting (ECMWF)	1.500° × 1.500°	Fully coupled	41	European center for medium-range weather forecasting, reading, UK
Climate foresting system version 2 (CFSv2)	1.000° × 1.000°	Fully coupled	24	Climate prediction center