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
Control	[-]	4.43	4.43	3.64	4.08	3.76		0.802	1.81	1.07		0.371	0.454	0.849	0.823	0.590
Randomized	[-]	4.65	4.64	3.64	4.13	3.76		1.00	1.94	1.10		0.325	0.427	0.844	0.810	0.566

	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
Control	[-]	2.18	2.14	2.29	1.36	5.41		-0.156	1.23	0.362		0.430	0.416	0.958	0.907	0.625
Randomized	[-]	2.28	2.24	2.29	1.42	5.41		-0.0511	1.25	0.393		0.414	0.405	0.955	0.911	0.618

	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
Control	[-]	2.54	2.53	2.34	2.67	2.69		0.196	1.19	0.764		0.486	0.556	0.903	0.883	0.677
Randomized	[-]	2.63	2.62	2.34	2.71	2.69		0.285	1.24	0.954		0.473	0.535	0.881	0.869	0.658

	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
Control	[-]	1.61	1.60	0.929	1.84	1.17		0.713	0.850	0.822		0.110	0.418	0.908	0.788	0.529
Randomized	[-]	1.59	1.59	0.929	1.85	1.17		0.702	0.843	0.961		0.119	0.411	0.885	0.783	0.522

	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
Control	[-]	10.4	10.5	7.78	7.81	6.89		1.85	4.34	1.86		0.277	0.489	0.716	0.491	0.492
Randomized	[-]	10.7	10.8	7.78	7.89	6.89		2.11	4.49	1.83		0.274	0.466	0.723	0.473	0.480

	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
Control	[-]	2.23	2.23	1.39	2.37	2.04		0.841	0.990	1.15		0.0859	0.480	0.851	0.852	0.550
Randomized	[-]	2.23	2.23	1.39	2.38	2.04		0.841	1.00	1.24		0.0791	0.445	0.842	0.860	0.534

	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
Control	[-]	2.04	2.05	1.47	2.07	4.46		0.659	0.998	0.701		0.366	0.545	0.911	0.855	0.644
Randomized	[-]	2.09	2.10	1.47	2.06	4.46		0.708	1.06	0.783		0.344	0.507	0.913	0.848	0.624

	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
Control	[-]	4.67	4.63	3.92	8.01	7.11		1.03	2.58	0.739		0.342	0.367	0.913	0.905	0.579
Randomized	[-]	4.69	4.64	3.92	8.12	7.11		1.06	2.59	0.752		0.350	0.356	0.908	0.902	0.575

	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
Control	[-]	1.81	1.82	1.02	1.82	0.765		0.798	0.926	1.37		0.0256	0.391	0.814	0.906	0.505
Randomized	[-]	1.82	1.83	1.02	1.84	0.765		0.802	0.932	1.48		0.0262	0.382	0.804	0.902	0.499

	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
Control	[-]	1.49	1.46	1.53	3.10	3.37		0.0656	0.428	0.716		0.669	0.749	0.910	0.979	0.811
Randomized	[-]	1.45	1.42	1.53	3.13	3.37		0.0297	0.486	0.884		0.697	0.676	0.887	0.980	0.783

	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
Control	[-]	2.69	2.70	2.15	2.57	2.29		0.532	0.789	1.27		0.312	0.692	0.815	0.958	0.694
Randomized	[-]	2.74	2.75	2.15	2.65	2.29		0.584	0.850	1.36		0.292	0.638	0.801	0.951	0.664

	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
Control	[-]	2.46	2.65	2.23	0.864	3.88		0.516	1.22	1.01		0.398	0.554	0.863	0.891	0.652
Randomized	[-]	2.52	2.71	2.23	0.862	3.88		0.580	1.26	1.08		0.391	0.524	0.857	0.880	0.635

	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
Control	[-]	0.360	0.360	0.390	0.844	0.610		-0.0105	0.259	1.39		0.727	0.788	0.795	0.918	0.803
Randomized	[-]	0.372	0.372	0.390	0.865	0.610		0.000838	0.274	1.46		0.734	0.769	0.782	0.913	0.793

	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
Control	[-]	1.79	1.79	1.07	1.50	1.69		0.734	0.871	0.622		0.0909	0.518	0.939	0.924	0.598
Randomized	[-]	1.79	1.79	1.07	1.52	1.69		0.739	0.883	0.630		0.0901	0.499	0.941	0.917	0.589

	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
Control	[-]	3.96	3.96	3.18	3.29	3.92		0.919	2.09	0.990		0.366	0.440	0.855	0.840	0.588
Randomized	[-]	4.16	4.17	3.18	3.34	3.92		1.11	2.26	1.13		0.342	0.389	0.834	0.821	0.555

	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
Control	[-]	3.11	3.13	2.94	3.20	3.45		0.242	0.698	1.76		0.605	0.574	0.732	0.989	0.695
Randomized	[-]	3.19	3.21	2.94	3.24	3.45		0.323	0.777	1.68		0.558	0.531	0.751	0.983	0.671

	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
Control	[-]	2.84	2.84	2.18	3.35	4.72		0.767	0.998	1.10		0.193	0.544	0.849	0.959	0.618
Randomized	[-]	2.84	2.84	2.18	3.39	4.72		0.774	1.03	1.14		0.186	0.508	0.846	0.952	0.600

	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
Control	[-]	1.59	1.59	1.25	1.75	3.12		0.359	0.718	1.27		0.426	0.555	0.817	0.948	0.660
Randomized	[-]	1.65	1.65	1.25	1.84	3.12		0.422	0.773	1.19		0.389	0.521	0.840	0.942	0.642

	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
Control	[-]	6.71	6.72	6.12	8.06	3.82		0.707	2.90	0.870		0.424	0.421	0.905	0.664	0.567
Randomized	[-]	6.99	7.00	6.12	8.16	3.82		0.981	3.01	0.964		0.406	0.400	0.891	0.647	0.549

	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
Control	[-]	3.42	3.41	3.28	3.74	3.42		0.153	1.24	1.09		0.494	0.598	0.852	0.870	0.682
Randomized	[-]	3.52	3.51	3.28	3.79	3.42		0.251	1.25	1.10		0.518	0.571	0.867	0.886	0.683

	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
Control	[-]	2.37	2.42	1.53	1.03	2.89		1.10	1.82	1.21		0.331	0.482	0.825	0.584	0.541
Randomized	[-]	2.41	2.46	1.53	1.05	2.89		1.16	1.88	1.35		0.338	0.452	0.812	0.561	0.523

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