Observed maximum and minimum temperature and precipitation is taken from CRU2.1 data set. NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis-II data is used as a proxy for observed 500 hPa height. Standard deviations are normalized by the observed standard deviation. 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.
Color scheme:
blue: ISUMM5
orange: ECPRSM
purple: PNLMM5
yellow: CRCM
Symbol scheme:
dot: Experiment0.0
square: Experiment0.1
star: Experiment0.2
Example: Blue Dot is ISUMM5-Experiment0.0
Note: Black Triangle represents observations
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