Table 1 Descriptions of coupled models multi-seasonal prediction systems from Copernicus climate change service (C3S) accessible at (https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp).

From: Seasonal forecasting of East African short rains

Organization name

AGCM

Atm. Resolution

OGCM

Oce. Resolution

Ensemble size

References

(or equivalent)

(or equivalent)

CMCC

CAM5.3 

 ~ 0.5°lat-lon/46 levels

NEMO 3.4

0.25°/50 levels

40

34

DWD

ECHAM 6.3.05

T127(~ 100 km)/95 levels

MPIOM 1.6.3

TP04/40 levels

30

35

ECCC

CanAM4

T63 (~ 2.8° lat-lon)/35 levels

CanOM4

(~ 1.4°lon, ~ 0.94°lat)/40 levels

10

36

ECWMF

IFS 43r1

TCO319g/91 levels

NEMO v3.4

0.25° ORCA/75 levels

25

37

JMA

JMA-GSM

TL319 (~ 55 km)/100 levels

MRI.COM v4.6

0.25º tripolar grid/60 levels

10

38

MeteoF

ARPEGE v6.4

TL35 (~ 0.5°)/137 levels

NEMO v3.6

0.25° ORCA/75 levels

25

39

NCEP

GFS

T128 (~ 1°)/64 levels

GFDL MOM4

0.25° (equator) to 0.5° /40 levels

24

40

UKMO

GC3.2

N216 (~ 0.83°lon, 0.56°lat)/85 levels

NEMO v3.6

0.25° ORCA/75 levels

28

41