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Table 1 Performance of the GCM–RCM models for DRB (2006–2015)

From: Spatiotemporal climate and vegetation greenness changes and their nexus for Dhidhessa River Basin, Ethiopia

 

Observed

EC-EARTH

GFDL-EMS2M

HadGEM2

MIROC5

MPI-ESM

Ensemble mean

Mean annual rainfall (mm)

1691

1723.74

1370.06

1275.18

1465.38

1379.93

1442.86

Mean annual Tmax (°C)

25

24.20

25.47

26.39

26.07

25.81

25.59

Mean annual Tmin (°C)

13

13.23

14.25

14.85

14.97

14.24

14.31

Rainfall

 Bias (%)

1.93

− 18.98

− 24.59

− 13.34

− 18.40

− 14.68

 RMSE (mm/year)

169.93

328.72

440.74

248.74

343.82

262.29

 Corr.

− 0.28

0.59

− 0.16

0.06

− 0.63

− 0.37

Maximum temperature

 Bias (%)

− 1.47

3.70

7.47

6.14

5.08

4.18

 RMSE (mm/year)

0.53

1.01

1.87

1.63

1.3

1.07

 Corr.

− 0.16

0.15

− 0.17

0.18

− 0.10

0.05

Minimum temperature

 Bias (%)

3.43

11.40

16.11

17.00

11.36

11.86

 RMSE (mm/year)

0.57

1.50

2.10

2.20

1.50

1.53

 Corr.

0.12

0.06

− 0.08

0.56

0.14

0.45