Area weighted: sea level pressure RMSE: 60 - 90N
Model Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Mean
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1 MPI_ECHAM5 2.4 3.8 3.5 2.6 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.8 2.2 2.4 2.9 2.4
2 CCCMA_CGCM3_1 2.9 4.3 4.0 3.1 1.7 2.2 2.3 1.5 2.4 3.4 3.7 4.5 3.0
3 MIROC3_2_MEDRES 4.6 4.3 2.7 2.2 1.7 1.9 2.5 1.4 2.1 3.4 5.1 5.6 3.1
4 GFDL_CM2_1 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.7 4.0 4.2 3.1 1.5 1.3 1.9 3.1 4.0 3.2
5 NCAR_PCM1 3.6 6.9 6.0 3.0 2.5 3.3 1.9 2.6 5.3 5.1 4.1 3.2 4.0
6 UKMO_HADCM3 6.1 7.3 5.5 3.2 2.2 3.6 2.8 2.8 2.8 5.0 5.0 6.3 4.4
7 INMCM3_0 5.8 4.9 5.0 4.8 2.3 4.8 4.6 3.3 3.2 4.1 5.7 6.1 4.6
8 GFDL_CM2_0 4.4 4.2 5.3 4.5 4.6 6.3 4.2 4.2 3.5 5.0 5.0 6.0 4.8
9 CSIRO_MK3_0 8.0 9.2 6.1 3.1 1.9 4.3 3.3 3.7 3.1 4.4 5.6 8.3 5.1
11 MRI_CGM2_3_2A 6.6 6.6 6.0 4.0 3.2 5.1 4.5 4.4 4.6 7.7 8.2 9.0 5.8
11 IPSL_CM4 5.5 4.4 4.0 4.0 3.4 5.7 7.2 8.3 7.8 6.9 5.9 5.9 5.8
12 CNRM_CM3 3.3 4.0 5.3 4.5 5.8 9.0 8.2 7.4 7.2 7.0 5.0 4.1 5.9
13 IAP_FGOALS1_0_G 5.5 4.7 4.7 4.2 3.6 7.1 8.2 7.6 8.6 7.5 6.8 6.6 6.3
14 GISS_MODEL_E_R 7.8 8.6 6.9 5.8 5.7 7.3 5.4 6.2 7.2 8.5 9.0 10.0 7.4
15 NCAR_CCSM3_0 8.8 9.9 12.7 13.0 7.5 2.9 2.7 3.4 5.7 7.7 8.9 8.9 7.7
Area weighted: sea level pressure RMSE: Alaska domain
Model Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Mean
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1 MPI_ECHAM5 2.4 4.8 2.8 2.0 2.1 1.6 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.9 2.1 3.0 2.2
2 MRI_CGM2_3_2A 2.5 1.8 2.0 1.6 2.1 3.3 2.4 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.5 2.1 2.4
4 UKMO_HADCM3 3.8 2.7 1.9 1.4 1.4 4.1 2.1 2.1 2.6 2.2 3.0 2.5 2.5
4 GFDL_CM2_0 3.7 2.4 2.3 3.4 2.2 2.4 1.7 1.6 0.8 2.7 4.2 2.3 2.5
5 GFDL_CM2_1 4.2 4.0 1.8 1.4 1.8 3.4 2.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 4.6 2.7 2.6
6 NCAR_PCM1 2.8 2.5 2.9 3.3 2.4 3.1 2.7 2.8 6.4 6.6 4.5 4.1 3.7
7 CNRM_CM3 1.9 1.8 1.3 2.0 6.0 9.2 5.5 5.9 5.7 3.6 1.8 1.7 3.9
8 CCCMA_CGCM3_1 4.4 3.6 3.3 2.8 3.9 2.3 2.0 1.5 5.0 7.4 7.6 6.6 4.2
9 INMCM3_0 3.5 4.3 4.5 3.7 3.0 5.6 5.0 4.4 2.2 4.6 5.9 6.2 4.4
10 MIROC3_2_MEDRES 7.5 6.7 3.0 2.8 1.9 2.3 2.0 1.6 0.9 6.3 10.1 9.6 4.6
11 CSIRO_MK3_0 11.2 6.2 2.4 1.1 1.7 4.2 2.7 2.8 1.0 4.8 6.8 12.0 4.7
12 IAP_FGOALS1_0_G 6.1 7.0 5.3 4.9 1.9 5.4 6.5 7.1 3.7 2.3 5.5 6.4 5.2
13 GISS_MODEL_E_R 4.3 6.4 5.1 5.3 7.7 8.5 4.0 4.8 4.8 4.3 3.9 4.3 5.3
14 IPSL_CM4 11.7 7.2 5.9 3.9 2.8 3.4 2.7 5.3 4.9 3.9 4.6 9.4 5.5
15 NCAR_CCSM3_0 5.3 4.8 7.8 7.6 4.3 3.4 3.1 2.5 6.0 9.0 8.4 7.9 5.8
Area weighted: sea level pressure RMSE: NH domain (north of 20N)
Model Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Mean
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1 MPI_ECHAM5 2.1 2.4 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.4 2.2
2 GFDL_CM2_1 3.3 3.0 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.6 3.2 2.6
4 CCCMA_CGCM3_1 2.8 2.7 2.7 3.2 2.9 2.8 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.0
4 GFDL_CM2_0 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.3 2.8 3.2 2.6 2.7 2.2 3.0 3.3 3.7 3.0
5 MIROC3_2_MEDRES 4.3 4.1 3.3 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.3 2.4 2.7 3.7 4.2 3.1
6 MRI_CGM2_3_2A 3.9 4.0 3.4 2.4 2.2 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.7 3.8 4.3 4.8 3.3
7 UKMO_HADCM3 3.9 4.2 3.6 2.7 2.6 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.0 3.1 3.4 3.9 3.4
9 INMCM3_0 5.0 4.7 4.2 3.5 2.6 3.7 3.8 3.4 2.9 3.1 4.2 4.7 3.8
9 CSIRO_MK3_0 5.4 5.5 3.8 2.5 2.1 3.0 3.1 3.4 3.1 3.6 4.3 5.6 3.8
10 IAP_FGOALS1_0_G 4.4 4.2 3.5 2.6 2.4 4.2 4.8 4.8 5.0 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.1
11 CNRM_CM3 4.3 3.8 3.7 3.4 4.3 5.8 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.5 3.8 3.9 4.3
12 NCAR_PCM1 5.3 6.1 5.0 4.0 3.8 4.2 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.9 4.4 4.7 4.4
13 NCAR_CCSM3_0 5.5 5.7 6.8 7.0 4.7 3.5 3.4 3.6 4.2 4.9 5.4 5.6 5.0
14 GISS_MODEL_E_R 4.6 5.0 4.7 4.6 5.1 5.6 5.2 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.8 5.1
15 IPSL_CM4 7.5 6.9 6.6 5.8 4.5 4.6 4.8 5.1 5.3 5.9 6.6 7.3 5.9
Area weighted: sea level pressure RMSE: Greenland domain
Model Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Mean
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1 MIROC3_2_MEDRES 2.6 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.1 2.7 4.2 1.8
2 MPI_ECHAM5 2.0 3.3 4.2 2.2 2.6 4.0 3.1 2.8 2.2 1.4 1.8 2.0 2.6
3 CCCMA_CGCM3_1 3.7 6.0 6.0 3.3 1.4 1.9 1.8 1.9 2.1 1.9 2.9 4.6 3.1
4 GFDL_CM2_1 3.1 4.3 4.2 3.7 3.6 5.6 3.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 2.2 4.5 3.3
5 UKMO_HADCM3 3.9 7.3 5.4 2.1 1.7 3.4 2.5 2.6 3.1 3.6 3.4 4.0 3.6
6 NCAR_PCM1 4.2 7.9 7.0 2.3 2.5 2.6 1.6 2.8 4.7 3.6 3.8 2.8 3.8
7 CSIRO_MK3_0 6.6 8.9 6.2 2.9 1.8 3.9 3.0 2.6 3.9 3.9 3.9 5.1 4.4
8 GFDL_CM2_0 3.7 4.4 6.3 4.1 4.0 7.8 4.5 4.3 3.1 3.7 2.9 4.9 4.5
9 INMCM3_0 7.7 5.3 5.8 7.4 2.8 5.4 5.5 4.0 2.4 3.1 7.4 7.2 5.3
10 MRI_CGM2_3_2A 4.1 5.1 5.5 4.6 5.6 10.6 9.5 6.8 3.5 4.8 5.2 5.0 5.9
11 NCAR_CCSM3_0 7.9 10.6 13.2 14.0 8.1 2.6 1.9 3.2 3.3 5.0 6.1 6.9 6.9
12 CNRM_CM3 3.3 3.4 7.2 6.2 6.9 12.4 11.8 10.0 9.4 9.8 7.1 4.8 7.7
13 IAP_FGOALS1_0_G 7.4 7.3 6.1 3.2 5.4 11.3 14.3 12.3 12.1 11.0 10.0 8.1 9.0
14 IPSL_CM4 8.0 8.2 6.8 6.2 5.7 10.8 13.2 13.5 12.9 11.4 9.2 8.6 9.5
15 GISS_MODEL_E_R 10.9 11.9 9.8 6.8 7.3 9.5 8.0 9.2 11.0 12.1 13.1 13.3 10.2