The best-performing RCM simulation is identified by elimination based on expert judgment based on the performance of the two selection criteria. Next, we define the time windows for the different units along the gradient based on the 30-year averaged GMT anomaly of the driving GCM under RCP8.5 relative to 1951–1955. Based on these time windows, we extract the 3-hourly data for all necessary variables from the simulation for the 12-km by 12-km grid cell covering the location of the experiment.
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