Table 2. List of general circulation models (GCMs) used in this study and their associated modeling centers.
| Modeling Center | GCM |
| Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Norway | BCM2.0 |
| Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis, Canada | CGCM3(T47 resolution) |
| Centre National de Recherches Meteorologiques, France | CM3 |
| Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia | Mk3.0 |
| Meteorological Institute, University of Bonn, GermanyMeteorological Research Institute of KMA, KoreaModel and Data Group at MPI-M, Germany | ECHO-G |
| Institute of Atmospheric Physics, China | FGOALS-g1.0 |
| Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, USA | CM2.1 |
| Goddard Institute for Space Studies, USA | E-R |
| Institute for Numerical Mathematics, Russia | CM3.0 |
| Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, France | CM4 |
| National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan | MIROC3.2 medres |
| Meteorological Research Institute, Japan | CGCM2.3.2 |
| National Centre for Atmospheric Research, USA | CCSM3 |
| UK Met. Office, United Kingdom | HadCM3 |
Three CO2 emission scenarios from 14 GCMs were used. Data were obtained from the Model and Data Group (M&D) at the Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology (http://www.mad.zmaw.de/IPCC_DDC/html/SRES_AR4/index.html).