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Change in number of frost-free days between historical (1985-2005) and future (2071-2090, RCP 8.5) time periods, based on analysis of MACAv2METDATA.
Scenario = RCP 8.5, average of 20 global climate models (bcc-csm1-1, bcc-csm1-1-m, BNU-ESM, CanESM2, CCSM4, CNRM-CM5, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, HadGEM2-CC365, HadGEM2-ES365, inmcm4 , IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL-CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC-ESM-CHEM, MRI-CGCM3, NorESM1-M).
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