Research Article
Forecast Customization System (FOCUS): A Multimodel Ensemble-Based Seasonal Climate Forecasting Tool for the Homogeneous Climate Zones of Myanmar
Table 1
Details of GCM datasets used.
| Model | Resolution | Model type | Ensemble size | Source |
| Community climate system model (CCMv3.6) | 2.813° × 2.789° | 2-tier | 24 | National center for atmospheric research, Boulder, USA [35] | Center for ocean-land-atmosphere (COLA) | 1.875° × 1.864° | Fully coupled | 10 | The center for ocean-land-atmosphere studies, Fairfax, USA [36] | Geophysical fluid dynamics laboratory (GFDL) | 2.500° × 2.000° | Fully coupled | 10 | Geophysical fluid dynamics laboratory, Princeton, USA [36] | ECHAM 4.5 CA SST | 2.813° × 2.789° | 2-tier | 24 | Max Planck institute for meteorology, Denmark (Li and Goddard 2005) | ECHAM 4.5 CFS SST | 2.813° × 2.789° | 2-tier | 24 | Max Planck institute for meteorology, Denmark (CFS-predicted SST) | European center for medium-range weather forecasting (ECMWF) | 1.500° × 1.500° | Fully coupled | 41 | European center for medium-range weather forecasting, reading, UK | Climate foresting system version 2 (CFSv2) | 1.000° × 1.000° | Fully coupled | 24 | Climate prediction center |
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