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Table 3

Results of comparison between observational and simulated climatic variables in the period between 1989 and 2018

	Temperature			Precipitation
Performance benchmark model	R² (%)	ρ (%)	RMSE (°C)	R² (%)	ρ (%)	RMSE (°C)
EC-EARTH	98	96	7.2	77	87	10.3
Can ESM2	68	81	7.9	55	69	8.3
CCSM4	71	89	7.2	57	74	18.3
GFDL-CM	79	82	37.7	64	81	9.8
GFDL-ESM2G	74	94	7.7	59	69	21.3

	Temperature			Precipitation
Performance benchmark model	R² (%)	ρ (%)	RMSE (°C)	R² (%)	ρ (%)	RMSE (°C)
EC-EARTH	98	96	7.2	77	87	10.3
Can ESM2	68	81	7.9	55	69	8.3
CCSM4	71	89	7.2	57	74	18.3
GFDL-CM	79	82	37.7	64	81	9.8
GFDL-ESM2G	74	94	7.7	59	69	21.3

Note: R², determination coefficient; ρ, correlation coefficient; RMSE, root mean square error.