Spatio‐temporal characteristics of meteorological drought under changing climate in semi‐arid region of northern Ethiopia

Environmental Systems Research

Table 5 Validation statistics of climate modeling performance

Distracts	Evaluation	RCP 4.5			RCP 8.5
Distracts	Evaluation	Rainfall	Tmax	Tmin	Rainfall	Tmax	Tmin
Raya Alamata	RMSE	15.30	5.80	3.02	26.30	5.95	3.23
	MAE	0.21	0.21	0.15	0.27	0.17	0.16
	RE	1.10	0.20	− 0.10	1.00	− 0.20	− 0.20
	R²	0.81	0.98	0.93	0.75	0.93	0.91
Ofla	RMSE	10.10	4.50	3.50	13.20	5.50	4.24
	MAE	5.74	0.32	0.22	0.57	0.19	0.14
	RE	1.50	0.12	-0.20	1.40	0.10	− 0.20
	R²	0.87	0.91	0.95	0.89	0.98	0.97
Enda-Mekoni	RMSE	17.20	3.80	2.02	22.30	4.15	2.13
	MAE	1.61	0.51	0.45	1.77	0.17	0.36
	RE	1.15	0.30	− 0.10	1.30	0.20	− 0.20
	R²	0.71	0.98	0.94	0.85	0.96	0.91
Raya-Azebo	RMSE	20.10	1.50	2.50	23.20	2.50	3.24
	MAE	1.74	0.37	0.32	1.57	0.49	0.44
	RE	1.90	0.02	− 0.20	0.60	1.10	− 0.20
	R²	0.82	0.99	0.95	0.85	0.99	0.98