Global - Land

	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
norman_atkin_ball-berry_acclim	[-]	1.35	1.49	1.57	0.887	2.81		-0.0773	0.732	1.58		0.377	0.477	0.767	0.972	0.614
norman_atkin_ball-berry_no-acclim	[-]	1.31	1.44	1.57	0.865	2.81		-0.124	0.737	1.64		0.363	0.483	0.754	0.969	0.610
norman_atkin_medlyn_acclim	[-]	1.41	1.56	1.57	0.912	2.81		-0.00773	0.731	1.59		0.415	0.451	0.768	0.974	0.612
norman_atkin_medlyn_no-acclim	[-]	1.35	1.50	1.57	0.883	2.81		-0.0680	0.732	1.62		0.394	0.465	0.760	0.969	0.611
norman_ryan_ball-berry-acclim	[-]	1.40	1.55	1.57	0.916	2.81		-0.0195	0.733	1.57		0.388	0.471	0.768	0.970	0.614
norman_ryan_ball-berry_no-acclim	[-]	1.37	1.51	1.57	0.899	2.81		-0.0529	0.729	1.56		0.382	0.478	0.771	0.972	0.616
norman_ryan_medlyn-no-acclim	[-]	1.44	1.59	1.57	0.927	2.81		0.0269	0.739	1.55		0.419	0.442	0.773	0.974	0.610
norman_ryan_medlyn_acclim	[-]	1.48	1.64	1.57	0.949	2.81		0.0721	0.751	1.59		0.428	0.426	0.770	0.973	0.605
two-stream_atkin_ball-berry_acclim	[-]	1.38	1.52	1.57	0.903	2.81		-0.0422	0.733	1.60		0.384	0.476	0.764	0.970	0.614
two-stream_atkin_ball-berry_no-acclim	[-]	1.33	1.47	1.57	0.879	2.81		-0.0947	0.733	1.64		0.372	0.482	0.754	0.971	0.612
two-stream_atkin_medlyn_no-acclim	[-]	1.38	1.52	1.57	0.895	2.81		-0.0410	0.726	1.63		0.406	0.465	0.758	0.972	0.613
two-stream_ryan_ball-berry_acclim	[-]	1.44	1.59	1.57	0.935	2.81		0.0211	0.740	1.58		0.393	0.469	0.767	0.964	0.613
two-stream_ryan_ball-berry_no-acclim	[-]	1.40	1.55	1.57	0.915	2.81		-0.0177	0.730	1.57		0.389	0.477	0.768	0.969	0.616
two-stream_ryan_medlyn_acclim	[-]	1.51	1.68	1.57	0.968	2.81		0.115	0.758	1.58		0.438	0.422	0.771	0.968	0.604
two-stream_ryan_medlyn_no-acclim	[-]	1.47	1.63	1.57	0.943	2.81		0.0630	0.739	1.57		0.432	0.440	0.769	0.973	0.611

Global - Land

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
norman_atkin_ball-berry_acclim	[-]	0.649	0.657		0.898	0.743	0.820
norman_atkin_ball-berry_no-acclim	[-]	0.646	0.646		0.883	0.734	0.809
norman_atkin_medlyn_acclim	[-]	0.657	0.675		0.899	0.770	0.834
norman_atkin_medlyn_no-acclim	[-]	0.659	0.661		0.886	0.757	0.822
norman_ryan_ball-berry-acclim	[-]	0.647	0.648		0.894	0.757	0.826
norman_ryan_ball-berry_no-acclim	[-]	0.640	0.652		0.897	0.748	0.823
norman_ryan_medlyn-no-acclim	[-]	0.650	0.673		0.895	0.778	0.837
norman_ryan_medlyn_acclim	[-]	0.650	0.668		0.886	0.785	0.835
two-stream_atkin_ball-berry_acclim	[-]	0.646	0.647		0.895	0.748	0.822
two-stream_atkin_ball-berry_no-acclim	[-]	0.651	0.638		0.891	0.743	0.817
two-stream_atkin_medlyn_no-acclim	[-]	0.660	0.667		0.893	0.767	0.830
two-stream_ryan_ball-berry_acclim	[-]	0.653	0.653		0.878	0.765	0.821
two-stream_ryan_ball-berry_no-acclim	[-]	0.644	0.645		0.891	0.756	0.823
two-stream_ryan_medlyn_acclim	[-]	0.664	0.674		0.867	0.791	0.829
two-stream_ryan_medlyn_no-acclim	[-]	0.648	0.667		0.886	0.782	0.834

Global - Land 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 Relationship with Precipitation Relationship with func_Precipitation Relationship with SurfaceAirTemperature Relationship with func_SurfaceAirTemperature

  Title:

MODIS Global Terrestrial Evaportranspiration

  Version:

MOD16A2

  Institutions:

Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, University of Montana, USA

  Source:

MODIS (MOD16A2 level 4) global terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET) based on the Penman-Monteith (P-M) algorithm with MERRA meteorological forcings

  History:

2019-08-19: downloaded source from http://files.ntsg.umt.edu/data/NTSG_Products/MOD16/

2019-08-21: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-et-modisA2.py

  References:

Mu, Q.Z., M. Zhao, and S.W. Running (2011), Improvements to a MODIS global terrestrial evapotranspiration algorithm, Remote Sensing of Environment, 115, 1781-1800, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2011.02.019

  Comments:

time_period: 2000-01 through 2014-12

original_temporal_resolution: monthly

original_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

original_units: mm/month

final_temporal_resolution: monthly

final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

final_units: kg/m2/s

  Convention:

CF-1.7