Simulated Mean Annual Precipitation: Northeast U.S.; CMIP3 and CMIP5
Simulated mean annual precipitation (inches) for the northeast U.S. for 1900–2100. The upper panel shows observations from NCEI’s Climate Divisional Dataset (nClimDiv, orange), multi-model mean simulations from CMIP3 for the historical period (black), and under the SRES B1 (blue), A1B (green), and A2 (red) scenarios. The lower panel shows observations from NCEI’s Climate Divisional Dataset (nClimDiv, orange), multi-model mean simulations from CMIP5 for the historical period (black), and under the RCP2.6 (dark teal), 4.5 (light teal), 6.0 (yellow), and 8.5 (dark red) scenarios. Shaded areas represent the 5th–95th percentile range of the model simulations. Data are smoothed with a 10-year moving boxcar average.