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	[-]	3.69
Control	[-]	4.49	4.48	3.71		3.32		0.783	1.82	0.775		0.383	0.459	0.896	0.785	0.596
Randomized	[-]	4.65	4.64	3.71		3.32		0.935	1.94	0.879		0.357	0.428	0.881	0.774	0.573

	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	[-]	2.49
Control	[-]	2.19	2.15	2.47		3.98		-0.317	1.31	0.360		0.385	0.398	0.957	0.904	0.608
Randomized	[-]	2.28	2.24	2.47		3.98		-0.227	1.33	0.378		0.380	0.381	0.956	0.905	0.601

	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	[-]	2.43
Control	[-]	2.58	2.57	2.43		2.45		0.150	1.21	0.693		0.461	0.548	0.911	0.840	0.662
Randomized	[-]	2.62	2.61	2.43		2.45		0.190	1.24	0.848		0.452	0.527	0.895	0.829	0.646

	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	[-]	1.34
Control	[-]	1.61	1.61	1.32		1.59		0.342	0.619	1.06		0.411	0.385	0.874	0.921	0.595
Randomized	[-]	1.59	1.59	1.32		1.59		0.325	0.597	1.04		0.434	0.401	0.877	0.923	0.607

	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	[-]	7.16
Control	[-]	10.5	10.5	7.48		6.10		2.02	4.25	1.55		0.265	0.523	0.777	0.420	0.501
Randomized	[-]	10.7	10.7	7.48		6.10		2.19	4.40	1.66		0.257	0.492	0.761	0.409	0.482

	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	[-]	1.73
Control	[-]	2.22	2.22	1.72		2.48		0.513	0.751	1.49		0.297	0.462	0.784	0.965	0.594
Randomized	[-]	2.23	2.23	1.72		2.48		0.520	0.775	1.50		0.297	0.433	0.792	0.967	0.585

	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	[-]	1.78
Control	[-]	2.05	2.05	1.74		4.27		0.427	0.937	0.969		0.480	0.535	0.865	0.852	0.653
Randomized	[-]	2.09	2.09	1.74		4.27		0.465	0.983	1.13		0.476	0.502	0.847	0.848	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	[-]	3.97
Control	[-]	4.69	4.69	3.88		5.23		1.20	2.70	0.900		0.345	0.359	0.885	0.724	0.534
Randomized	[-]	4.69	4.69	3.88		5.23		1.21	2.72	0.852		0.363	0.359	0.891	0.725	0.540

	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	[-]	1.81	1.82	1.58		1.30		0.240	0.597	1.66		0.430	0.340	0.761	0.982	0.570
Randomized	[-]	1.82	1.83	1.58		1.30		0.248	0.595	1.67		0.434	0.346	0.764	0.983	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	[-]	1.73
Control	[-]	1.49	1.48	1.64		2.84		0.0202	0.495	0.741		0.663	0.732	0.904	0.968	0.800
Randomized	[-]	1.46	1.46	1.64		2.84		-0.00190	0.564	0.903		0.667	0.663	0.883	0.964	0.768

	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	[-]	2.56
Control	[-]	2.70	2.70	2.54		2.80		0.139	0.674	1.37		0.460	0.673	0.793	0.959	0.712
Randomized	[-]	2.74	2.75	2.54		2.80		0.184	0.725	1.53		0.448	0.622	0.767	0.953	0.682

	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	[-]	2.48	2.48	2.25		3.27		0.352	1.11	1.22		0.455	0.550	0.823	0.864	0.648
Randomized	[-]	2.52	2.52	2.25		3.27		0.394	1.15	1.29		0.454	0.524	0.816	0.855	0.634

	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	[-]	0.448
Control	[-]	0.363	0.367	0.435		0.780		-0.0426	0.267	1.26		0.709	0.794	0.814	0.907	0.804
Randomized	[-]	0.373	0.377	0.435		0.780		-0.0335	0.282	1.43		0.715	0.776	0.784	0.902	0.790

	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	[-]	1.25
Control	[-]	1.79	1.78	1.22		1.68		0.564	0.735	0.557		0.179	0.544	0.945	0.883	0.619
Randomized	[-]	1.79	1.79	1.22		1.68		0.569	0.748	0.578		0.183	0.525	0.948	0.873	0.611

	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	[-]	3.19
Control	[-]	4.01	3.99	3.14		3.45		0.942	2.15	0.917		0.346	0.424	0.869	0.738	0.560
Randomized	[-]	4.17	4.15	3.14		3.45		1.08	2.27	1.04		0.330	0.389	0.849	0.719	0.535

	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	[-]	3.29
Control	[-]	3.13	3.16	3.26		3.75		-0.0565	0.669	1.80		0.644	0.596	0.727	0.978	0.708
Randomized	[-]	3.19	3.22	3.26		3.75		0.00672	0.714	1.63		0.654	0.559	0.758	0.969	0.700

	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	[-]	2.42
Control	[-]	2.84	2.84	2.34		4.73		0.619	0.947	1.03		0.278	0.539	0.858	0.941	0.631
Randomized	[-]	2.84	2.84	2.34		4.73		0.628	0.978	1.03		0.275	0.505	0.865	0.930	0.616

	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	[-]	1.44
Control	[-]	1.60	1.61	1.42		2.79		0.216	0.700	1.21		0.466	0.562	0.830	0.902	0.665
Randomized	[-]	1.65	1.65	1.42		2.79		0.263	0.742	1.16		0.446	0.532	0.843	0.894	0.650

	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	[-]	6.23
Control	[-]	6.78	6.80	6.27		4.46		0.664	2.79	0.681		0.467	0.454	0.927	0.484	0.557
Randomized	[-]	6.99	7.01	6.27		4.46		0.872	2.90	0.804		0.457	0.431	0.913	0.473	0.541

	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	[-]	3.46
Control	[-]	3.46	3.45	3.47		3.30		0.00860	1.27	0.999		0.466	0.594	0.870	0.865	0.678
Randomized	[-]	3.52	3.51	3.47		3.30		0.0689	1.27	1.06		0.485	0.575	0.875	0.877	0.677

	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	[-]	1.76
Control	[-]	2.38	2.41	1.77		1.64		0.819	1.85	1.18		0.279	0.455	0.827	0.365	0.476
Randomized	[-]	2.42	2.44	1.77		1.64		0.861	1.92	1.30		0.274	0.421	0.811	0.352	0.456

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:

GPCP Version 2.3 Combined Precipitation Dataset (Final)

  Version:

2.3

  Institutions:

NOAA/OAR/ESRL PSD, Boulder, Colorado, USA

ESSIC/CICS, University of Maryland, USA

  Source:

GPCC gauge analysis to bias correct satellite estimates over land and merge with satellite based on sampling

  History:

2019-04-18: downloaded source from http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.gpcp.html

2019-05-09: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-pr-gpcp.py

  References:

Adler, R.F., G.J. Huffman, A. Chang, R. Ferraro, P. Xie, J. Janowiak, B. Rudolf, U. Schneider, S. Curtis, D. Bolvin, A. Gruber, J. Susskind, P. Arkin (2003), The Version 2 Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Monthly Precipitation Analysis (1979 - Present), J. Hydrometeor., 4(6), 1147-1167

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  Comments:

time_period: 1979-01 through 2018-12

original_temporal_resolution: monthly

original_spatial_resolution: 2.5x2.5 degree

original_units: mm/day

final_temporal_resolution: monthly

final_spatial_resolution: 0.5x0.5 degree

final_units: kg/m2/s

  Convention:

CF-1.7