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Change in mean annual rainfall (mm), from 1950 2000 climate to 2050 climate
Source: Authors’ calculations based on Jones, Thornton and Heinke (2009)
Notes: Model predictions for A1B scenario and 4 AR4 GCMs: CNRM (top left); CSIRO (top right); ECHAM (bottom left; and MIROC (bottom right). A1B = greenhouse gas emissions scenario that assumes fast economic growth, a population that peaks mid-century, and the development of new and efficient technologies, along with a balanced use of energy sources; CNRM-CM3 = National Meteorological Research Centre–Climate Model 3; CSIRO = climate model developed at the Australia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation; ECHAM 5 = fifth-generation climate model developed at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (Hamburg); GCM = general circulation model; MIROC = Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate, developed by the University of Tokyo Center for Climate System Research
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