Experiment 0.1 Results - Precipitation

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Experiment 0.1 Results - Precipitation

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Experiment 0.1 Results - Precipitation

Validation data are bi-linearly interpolated to the model native grid. To view a full image in a new browser, click on a thumbnail image.

Definition of Metrics
Bias: Difference of time average quantities

Use the following links to see plots of other variables:
500 hPa Height
Maximum Temperature
Minimum Temperature
Precipitation

	February 1979	May 1979	August 1979	November 1979
PCP: CRU TS2.10
PCP: ISUMM5
PCP Bias: ISUMM5 Minus CRU
PCP: Canadian RCM
PCP Bias: Canadian Minus CRU
PCP: PNLMM5
PCP Bias: PNLMM5 Minus CRU
PCP: REGCM3
PCP Bias: REGCM3 Minus CRU

One of the goals of NARCCAP is to compare regional climate model simulations using different reanalyses as driving data. Such comparisons will help establish a baseline for model sensitivity to initial and boundary data. Below are comparisons of CRU observations with HadRM3P output. HadRM3P uses ECMWF Reanalysis-15 as driving data.

	February 1979	May 1979	August 1979	November 1979
PCP: CRU TS2.10
PCP: HadRM3P
PCP Bias: HadRM3P Minus CRU

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