Centre

Centre acronym

Country

Global Climate Model

Grid resolution

Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

CSIRO

Australia

CSIRO-MK3.0

1.9° x 1.9°

Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis

CCCma

Canada

CGCM3 (T47) CGCM3 (T63)

2.8° x 2.8°

1.9° x 1.9°

Beijing Climate Centre

BCC

China

BCC-CM1

1.9° x 1.9°

Institute of Atmospheric Physics

LASG

China

FGOALS-g1.0

2.8° x 2.8°

Centre National de Recherches Meteorologiques

CNRM

France

CNRM-CM3

1.9° x 1.9°

Institute Pierre Simon Laplace

IPSL

France

IPSL-CM4

2.5° x 3.75°

Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology

MPI-M

Germany

ECHAM5-OM

1.9° x 1.9°

Meteorological Institute, University of Bonn

MIUB

Germany

ECHO-G

3.9° x 3.9°

Model and Data Group at MPI-M

M&D

Germany

ECHO-G

3.9° x 3.9°

National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

INGV

Italy

SXG 2005

1.9° x 1.9°

Meteorological Research Institute, Japan

NIES

Japan

MIROC3.2 (hires) MIROC3.2 (medres)

1.1° x 1.1°

2.8° x 2.8°

National Institute for Environmental Studies

MRI

Japan

MRI-CGCM2.3.2

2.8° x 2.8°

Meteorological Research Institute of KMA

METRI

Korea

ECHO-G

3.9° x 3.9°

Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research

BCCR

Norway

BCM2.0

1.9° x 1.9°

Institute for Numerical Mathematics

INM

Russia

INM-CM3.0

4° x 5°

UK Met. Office

UKMO

UK

HadCM3

HadGEM1

2.5° x 3.75°

1.3° x 1.9°

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

GFDL

USA

GFDL-CM2.0,

GFDL-CM2.1

2.0° x 2.5°

2.0° x 2.5°

Goddard Institute for Space Studies

GISS

USA

GISS-AOM

GISS-E-H

GISS-E-R

3° x 4°

4° x 5°

4° x 5°

National Centre for Atmospheric Research

NCAR

USA

PCM

CCSM3

2.8° x 2.8°

1.4° x 1.4°