Table 1. List of the Models Considered in This Study



Model	Modeling Center
BCCR BCM 2.0a	Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Norway
CNRM CM 3a	Centre National de Recherches Meterologiques, France
CSIRO Mk 3.5a	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia
GFDL CM 0a	Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, USA
GFDL CM 1a	Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, USA
GISS Model ERa	NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, USA
IAP FGOALS g1.0a	LASG Institute of Atmospheric Physics, China
INGV ECHAM4	Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy
INMCM 3.0a	Institute for Numerical Mathematics, Russia
IPSL CM 4a	Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, France
MIROC 3.2 (high resolution)a	Center for Climate System Research (CCSR), Japan
MIROC 3.2 (low resolution)a	Center for Climate System Research (CCSR), Japan
MPI ECHAM 5a	Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany
NCAR CCSM 3.0	National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
NCAR PCM 1	National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
UKMO HadGEM 1	Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction, UK


aUsed for the detailed latent heat flux analysis.