Table 1.

Description of the different runs of the study.

	meteorological variables (excluding rainfall)	rainfall
control run	daily observations from synoptic stations	daily observations from synoptic stations
EXP1	area-averaged daily observations	area-averaged daily observations
EXP2	1950–1980 averaged daily observations	daily observations from synoptic stations
EXP3	daily observations from synoptic stations	1950–1980 averaged daily observations
EXP4	10 days averaged observations	daily observations from synoptic stations
EXP5	daily observations from synoptic stations	10 days averaged observations