Table 2 Description of the climate models used in this study

From: Seasonal climate forecasts show skill in predicting winter chill for specialty crops in California

Forecasting Center

System

Hindcasts length

Hindcasts ensemble size

Hindcast period

Reference

ECMWF

SEAS5

215 days

51

1981–2016

Johnson et al.59

CMCC

SPSv3

6 calendar months

40

1993–2016

Gualdi et al.60

UKMO

GloSea6-GC3.2

215 days

28

1993–2016

MacLachlan et al.61; Williams et al.62

NCEP

CFSv2

215 days

28

1993–2016

Saha et al.63

CCCma

CanCM4

214 days

10

1993–2020

Merryfield et al.64