Comparison of Model Results with Observations for Various Regions

Model		 Region 1
Gt. Plains		 Region 2
S.E. Asia		 Region 3
Sahel		 Region 4
S. Europe		 Region 5
Australia
Blue=Model
Red=OBS
or
Data
 
   DJF       JJA   
   DJF       JJA   
   DJF       JJA   
   DJF       JJA   
   DJF       JJA
T
E
M
P
E
R
A
T
U
R
E

(C)
CCC 
   -8.4       21.2   
   10.9       25.3   
   13.5       27.5   
    2.3       20.7   
   26.9       11.3
NCAR (#6) 
   -3.5       29.9   
   10.5       27.4   
   25.2       31.8   
    2.3       26.4   
   29.3       17.0
GFDL R15 (#8) 
   -5.7       25.9   
   14.1       27.3   
   25.9       31.7   
    2.0       26.7   
   31.9       16.1
GFHI 
   -7.3       23.7   
    9.0       25.5   
   18.3       26.0   
   -3.8       20.9   
   24.9       11.8
GISS 
   -1.2       19.5   
   14.7       25.4   
   21.3       28.6   
    7.5       22.9   
   26.5       14.3
OSU (#3) 
   -4.8       20.4   
   13.9       28.2   
   30.5       32.8   
   -1.0       20.2   
   30.7       22.4
UKLO 
   -1.7       19.5   
   17.7       25.8   
   26.0       26.9   
    3.7       20.1   
   25.2       16.3
UKHI 
   -11.4      20.2   
   13.1       25.2   
   21.1       28.5   
   -2.0       18.5   
   25.5       15.3
Oort 
   -6.3       20.8   
   16.2       25.9   
   22.7       28.8   
    1.5       20.8   
   27.3       15.3
Schultz 
   -7.7       22.1   
   15.0       25.6   
   22.1       28.2   
    0.3       21.9   
   27.6       14.4
P
R
E
C
I
P
I
T
A
T
I
O
N

(mm/day)
CCC 
    1.4        3.8   
    2.0        8.6   
    0.1        2.9   
    2.4        1.7   
    2.0        0.8
NCAR (#6) 
    1.6        1.0   
    3.1        9.3   
    0.5        4.3   
    2.9        0.8   
    3.4        2.7
GFDL R15 (#8) 
    1.9        3.3   
    3.3        9.5   
    1.0        3.9   
    2.8        1.1   
    2.3        2.5
GFHI 
    1.3        2.1   
    1.6        8.6   
    0.5        4.5   
    1.6        1.4   
    2.9        1.0
GISS 
    2.0        3.1   
    5.9        6.0   
    0.9        3.2   
    3.0        2.0   
    2.6        1.6
OSU (#3) 
    1.4        1.7   
    0.8        1.4   
    0.2        1.5   
    2.2        1.1   
    1.3        0.9
UKLO 
    1.2        4.0   
    1.5        4.1   
    0.3        3.8   
    2.2        3.5   
    3.0        0.8
UKHI 
    1.0        2.7   
    0.5        4.3   
    0.0        2.8   
    2.8        1.5   
    4.1        1.0
Jaeger 
    1.1        2.5   
    0.6        9.0   
    0.1        4.4   
    2.1        2.0   
    2.4        0.8
Schultz 
    1.1        2.4   
    0.6        6.3   
    0.2        3.4   
    1.7        1.8   
    2.1        1.1