List of irrigation sensitivity experiments

Experiment name and its acronym	Domain and Resolution	Land-surface condition and duration of simulation run	Details of Parameterization schemes used
RegCM4.0-BATS-IR1 (chem = true, idirect=1)	11°E-139°E, 34°S- 55°N (Cordex South Asia), ~ 90km (160×130×18, Normal Mercator map projection). The central point is located at 75°E and 15°N (approx.)	Irrigation sensitivity experiment with increase in irrigated 00GMT 1^st November 1981 to 24 GMT 31^st December 1986 1^st April 2009 to 31^st December 2010	a) Grell scheme with Fritsch and Chappell closure and HolstagPBL scheme. (b) Original ASCII text landuse map in the RegCM4 model altered to incorporate the design experiments. (c) The years of hind casting simulations are: 1982 (El Niño + drought), 1983 (weal La Niña + flood), 1984 (normal), 1985 (drought) and, 1986 (drought), 1987(El Niño+ drought), 1988 (La Niña + flood), 2009 (El Niño and drought) and 2010 (La Niña + normal)
RegCM4.0-BATS-IR 2 (chem = false)	-	Irrigation sensitivity experiment with increase in irrigation over north-western 00GMT 1^st November 1986 to 24 GMT 31^st December 1988 00GMT 1^st November 1996 to 24 GMT 31^st December 1998
RegCM4.0-BATS-IR 2 (chemistry = false and chemistry =true and idirect=1)	40°E-130°E, 0°-40°N, 50 km grid resolution (100 × 152 grid points in x-y direction	1^st January 1987 to 31^st December 1988

Table 1b: List of irrigation sensitivity experiments using Regional Climate model.