Table 2 Results of statistical tests that compare the performance of GCMs in simulating historical climate variables.

From: Modeling of historical and future changes in temperature and precipitation in the Panj River Basin in Central Asia under the CMIP5 RCP and CMIP6 SSP scenarios

Variable

 

Zone Bsk

Zone Bwk

Zone Csa

Zone Dsa

t

F

t

F

t

F

t

F

Tmax

CMIP5 vs MERRA-2

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

CMIP6 vs MERRA-2

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

Tmin

CMIP5 vs MERRA-2

0

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

CMIP6 vs MERRA-2

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

Precipitation

CMIP5 vs MERRA-2

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

CMIP6 vs MERRA-2

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

1