Region

Modeling Centre Name

Model

Historical Realizations

Resolution

Lat × Lon (degrees)

China

Beijing Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration

bcc-csm1-1

1

2.79 × 2.80

Beijing Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration

bcc-csm1-1-m

3

1.33 × 1.00

College of Global Change and Earth System Science

BNU-ESM

1

2.79 × 2.80

Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University

FGOALS-g2

2

3.05 × 2.81

Canada

Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis

CanESM2

5

2.79 × 2.80

USA

National Center of Atmospheric Research

CCSM4

3

0.94 × 1.25

NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

GFDL-CM3

1

2.00 × 2.50

NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

GFDL-ESM2G

1

2.00 × 2.50

NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

GFDL-ESM2M

1

2.00 × 2.50

France

National Centre of Meteorological Research

CNRM-CM5

1

1.40 × 1.40

Institut Pierre Simon Laplace

IPSL-CM5A-LR

4

1.89 × 3.75

Institut Pierre Simon Laplace

IPSL-CM5A-MR

3

1.27 × 2.5

Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization

CSIRO-Mk3-6-0

10

1.87 × 1.88

United Kingdom

Met Office Hadley Centre

HadGEM2-ES

4

1.25 × 1.88

South Korea

National Institute of Meteorological Research, Met Office Hadley Centre

HadGEM2-AO

1

1.25 × 1.88

Europe

European Earth System Model

EC-EARTH

2

1.12 × 1.12

Japan

Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, National Institute for Environmental Studies, and Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

MIROC5

3

1.40 × 1.40

Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, National Institute for Environmental Studies, and Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

MIROC-ESM

1

2.79 × 2.81

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, National Institute for Environmental Studies

MIROC-ESM-CHEM

1

2.79 × 2.81

Meteorological Research Institute

MRI-CGCM3

1

1.12 × 1.12

Germany

Max Plank Institute for Meteorology

MPI-ESM-MR

1

1.87 × 1.88

Max Plank Institute for Meteorology

MPI-ESM-LR

2

1.87 × 1.88

Norway

Norwegian Climate Center

NorESM1-M

1

1.89 × 2.50