Africa - Central Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - East Siberia Asia - Indonesia Asia - North Central Asia - South Central Asia and China Asia - Southeast Asia and India Asia - West Siberia Australia Europe Global - Land Middle East and Sahara North America - Alaska and Northern Canada North America - Central America North America - Eastern United States North America - Southern Canada North America - Western United States South America - Amazon South America - Southeast South America - Southwest

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	3.64
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	3.60	3.62	3.64	3.53	3.76		-0.00865	0.658	0.842		0.708	0.741	0.879	0.996	0.813
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	3.60	3.62	3.64	3.53	3.76		-0.00865	0.658	0.842		0.708	0.741	0.879	0.996	0.813

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.30
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	2.38	2.35	2.29	1.98	5.41		0.0655	0.471	0.191		0.687	0.742	0.980	0.994	0.829
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	2.38	2.35	2.29	1.98	5.41		0.0655	0.471	0.191		0.687	0.742	0.980	0.994	0.829

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.35
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	2.34	2.33	2.34	2.64	2.69		-0.00542	0.501	0.606		0.766	0.783	0.928	0.992	0.850
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	2.34	2.33	2.34	2.64	2.69		-0.00542	0.501	0.606		0.766	0.783	0.928	0.992	0.850

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.934
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.974	0.973	0.929	1.02	1.17		0.0608	0.239	0.335		0.717	0.758	0.967	0.989	0.838
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.974	0.973	0.929	1.02	1.17		0.0608	0.239	0.335		0.717	0.758	0.967	0.989	0.838

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	7.67
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	7.78	7.81	7.78	7.38	6.89		-0.210	1.66	1.38		0.595	0.678	0.804	0.973	0.746
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	7.78	7.81	7.78	7.38	6.89		-0.210	1.66	1.38		0.595	0.678	0.804	0.973	0.746

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.39
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	1.47	1.47	1.39	1.73	2.04		0.0906	0.220	0.287		0.768	0.829	0.977	0.989	0.878
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	1.47	1.47	1.39	1.73	2.04		0.0906	0.220	0.287		0.768	0.829	0.977	0.989	0.878

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.49
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	1.44	1.44	1.47	1.81	4.46		0.0530	0.303	0.466		0.751	0.806	0.943	0.991	0.860
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	1.44	1.44	1.47	1.81	4.46		0.0530	0.303	0.466		0.751	0.806	0.943	0.991	0.860

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	3.99
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	3.57	3.53	3.92	6.10	7.11		-0.115	1.39	0.543		0.615	0.599	0.942	0.968	0.745
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	3.57	3.53	3.92	6.10	7.11		-0.115	1.39	0.543		0.615	0.599	0.942	0.968	0.745

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.02
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	1.11	1.12	1.02	0.984	0.765		0.0885	0.196	0.317		0.745	0.822	0.971	0.991	0.870
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	1.11	1.12	1.02	0.984	0.765		0.0885	0.196	0.317		0.745	0.822	0.971	0.991	0.870

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.57
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	1.44	1.41	1.53	2.91	3.37		0.0101	0.359	0.676		0.726	0.770	0.919	0.985	0.834
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	1.44	1.41	1.53	2.91	3.37		0.0101	0.359	0.676		0.726	0.770	0.919	0.985	0.834

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.15
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	2.14	2.14	2.15	2.42	2.29		0.0261	0.357	0.754		0.679	0.819	0.898	0.988	0.840
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	2.14	2.14	2.15	2.42	2.29		0.0261	0.357	0.754		0.679	0.819	0.898	0.988	0.840

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.26
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	2.25	2.16	2.23	2.93	3.88		0.0237	0.502	0.668		0.714	0.775	0.914	0.985	0.833
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	2.25	2.16	2.23	2.93	3.88		0.0237	0.502	0.668		0.714	0.775	0.914	0.985	0.833

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.393
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	0.392	0.389	0.390	1.04	0.610		0.0160	0.190	1.11		0.786	0.837	0.837	0.969	0.853
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	0.392	0.389	0.390	1.04	0.610		0.0160	0.190	1.11		0.786	0.837	0.837	0.969	0.853

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.08
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	1.07	1.06	1.07	0.833	1.69		0.00736	0.265	0.330		0.725	0.787	0.969	0.936	0.841
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	1.07	1.06	1.07	0.833	1.69		0.00736	0.265	0.330		0.725	0.787	0.969	0.936	0.841

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	3.22
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	2.93	2.94	3.18	3.02	3.92		-0.00494	0.893	0.816		0.620	0.706	0.886	0.983	0.781
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	2.93	2.94	3.18	3.02	3.92		-0.00494	0.893	0.816		0.620	0.706	0.886	0.983	0.781

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.94
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	2.89	2.91	2.94	2.92	3.45		0.0193	0.242	0.722		0.843	0.861	0.899	0.999	0.893
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	2.89	2.91	2.94	2.92	3.45		0.0193	0.242	0.722		0.843	0.861	0.899	0.999	0.893

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.22
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	2.12	2.12	2.18	2.96	4.72		0.0631	0.390	0.699		0.722	0.785	0.911	0.980	0.837
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	2.12	2.12	2.18	2.96	4.72		0.0631	0.390	0.699		0.722	0.785	0.911	0.980	0.837

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.27
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	1.26	1.27	1.25	2.34	3.12		0.0551	0.306	0.689		0.699	0.801	0.903	0.982	0.837
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	1.26	1.27	1.25	2.34	3.12		0.0551	0.306	0.689		0.699	0.801	0.903	0.982	0.837

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	6.10
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	6.14	6.14	6.12	5.86	3.82		0.0337	1.20	0.703		0.641	0.726	0.925	0.968	0.797
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	6.14	6.14	6.12	5.86	3.82		0.0337	1.20	0.703		0.641	0.726	0.925	0.968	0.797

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	3.28
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	3.26	3.24	3.28	3.74	3.42		-0.0126	0.546	0.634		0.762	0.811	0.924	0.992	0.860
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	3.26	3.24	3.28	3.74	3.42		-0.0126	0.546	0.634		0.762	0.811	0.924	0.992	0.860

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.58
DeadVeg_1901-1920	[-]	1.43	1.45	1.53	0.840	2.89		0.0616	0.757	0.929		0.508	0.652	0.879	0.925	0.723
DeadVeg_1940-1949	[-]	1.43	1.45	1.53	0.840	2.89		0.0616	0.757	0.929		0.508	0.652	0.879	0.925	0.723

Africa - Central Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - East Siberia Asia - Indonesia Asia - North Central Asia - South Central Asia and China Asia - Southeast Asia and India Asia - West Siberia Australia Europe Global - Land Middle East and Sahara North America - Alaska and Northern Canada North America - Central America North America - Eastern United States North America - Southern Canada North America - Western United States South America - Amazon South America - Southeast South America - Southwest Temporally integrated period mean Temporally integrated period mean max month Temporally integrated mean phase shift Temporally integrated mean phase shift score Temporally integrated period mean bias Temporally integrated period mean bias score Temporally integrated period mean rmse Temporally integrated period mean rmse score Spatially integrated regional mean cycle Spatially integrated regional mean detrended cycle Spatially integrated regional mean

  Title:

GPCC Full Data Reanalysis Version 2018 0.5x0.5 Monthly Total

  Version:

v2018

  Institutions:

Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC)

  Source:

GPCC Precipitation 0.5 degree V2018 Full Reanalysis

  History:

2020-10-07: downloaded source from ftp://ftp.cdc.noaa.gov/Datasets/gpcc/full_v2018/precip.mon.total.v2018.nc

2020-10-07: converted to netCDF, original data is divided by days in a month for a mean monthly rate.

  References:

Schneider, Udo and Finger, Peter and Meyer-Christoffer, Anja and Rustemeier, Elke and Ziese, Markus and Becker, Andreas (2017), Evaluating the Hydrological Cycle over Land Using the Newly-Corrected Precipitation Climatology from the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC), Atmosphere, 12, doi:10.3390/atmos8030052

  Comments:

time_period: 1980-01 through 2016-12

temporal_resolution: monthly

spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

units: mm d-1

  Convention:

CF-1.8