Based on earlier assessments of predictive skill and reliability in various regions from different initialized model datasets, including, for example, ENSEMBLES, DePreSys, and CMIP5 (e.g., Figs.
The decadal climate prediction element of the CMIP5 experimental design provides a coordinated multimodel dataset of decadal hindcasts and predictions that extend earlier decadal prediction activities like DePreSys and ENSEMBLES.