that participated in CORDEX phase 2 to dynamically downscaling three CMIP5 GCMs at a
resolution of 0.22°× 0.22° in replicating West African rainfall from 1970 to 2005. Using
different statistical methods and climatological description at seasonal and annual scale,
these nine models, downscaling institution-based ensembles mean (CCLM-ENSEMBLE,
REMO-ENSEMBLE, RegCM-ENSEMBLE) and the grand ensemble mean (ENS-RCM), were …