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	[-]	3.28
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	3.47	3.49	3.28	3.56	2.20		0.219	1.04	1.52		0.614	0.573	0.761	0.993	0.703
Control	[-]	5.24	5.30	3.28	4.20	2.20		2.01	2.91	1.45		0.176	0.299	0.785	0.628	0.438
Randomized	[-]	4.54	4.56	3.28	4.04	2.20		1.28	2.25	1.29		0.276	0.325	0.804	0.787	0.503

	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	[-]	2.20
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	2.36	2.32	2.20	2.25	5.95		0.126	0.757	0.350		0.641	0.562	0.968	0.991	0.745
Control	[-]	2.14	2.10	2.20	1.73	5.95		-0.103	1.59	0.506		0.307	0.314	0.945	0.821	0.540
Randomized	[-]	2.23	2.19	2.20	1.85	5.95		-0.00733	1.38	0.544		0.408	0.360	0.943	0.893	0.593

	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	[-]	2.14
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	2.42	2.39	2.14	2.67	2.99		0.248	0.839	0.816		0.655	0.612	0.899	0.992	0.754
Control	[-]	2.77	2.73	2.14	3.02	2.99		0.578	1.58	0.804		0.431	0.442	0.906	0.729	0.590
Randomized	[-]	2.61	2.57	2.14	2.98	2.99		0.425	1.38	1.06		0.484	0.447	0.869	0.848	0.619

	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	[-]	0.973
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	1.15	1.11	0.973	1.38			0.143	0.347	1.06		0.669	0.601	0.861	0.929	0.732
Control	[-]	1.67	1.62	0.973	1.92			0.654	0.835	0.895		0.143	0.334	0.892	0.757	0.492
Randomized	[-]	1.55	1.49	0.973	1.85			0.531	0.724	0.844		0.235	0.371	0.901	0.811	0.538

	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	[-]	6.71
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	8.26	8.90	6.71	7.33	6.92		2.12	2.77	1.25		0.351	0.614	0.803	0.890	0.655
Control	[-]	10.4	11.5	6.71	8.77	6.92		4.54	5.89	2.00		0.237	0.500	0.701	0.212	0.430
Randomized	[-]	10.5	11.5	6.71	8.99	6.92		4.47	5.99	2.26		0.233	0.398	0.652	0.256	0.388

	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	[-]	1.38
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	1.51	1.50	1.38	1.72			0.117	0.306	0.514		0.718	0.723	0.944	0.954	0.812
Control	[-]	2.23	2.22	1.38	2.33			0.839	1.02	1.13		0.108	0.437	0.849	0.719	0.510
Randomized	[-]	2.22	2.22	1.38	2.30			0.837	1.05	1.51		0.0943	0.360	0.794	0.745	0.471

	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	[-]	1.28
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	1.41	1.36	1.28	2.07	2.54		0.103	0.314	0.593		0.750	0.776	0.917	0.984	0.841
Control	[-]	1.85	1.79	1.28	2.50	2.54		0.531	0.891	0.994		0.425	0.529	0.868	0.827	0.636
Randomized	[-]	2.05	2.00	1.28	2.61	2.54		0.736	1.12	0.995		0.329	0.434	0.888	0.757	0.569

	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	[-]	3.14
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	3.74	3.40	3.14	5.72	2.63		0.307	1.32	0.655		0.619	0.555	0.927	0.950	0.721
Control	[-]	4.29	3.91	3.14	6.65	2.63		0.828	2.15	0.928		0.391	0.364	0.885	0.855	0.572
Randomized	[-]	4.66	4.29	3.14	7.02	2.63		1.21	2.58	0.849		0.349	0.284	0.902	0.779	0.520

	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	[-]	1.13
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	1.32	1.35	1.13	1.20	0.467		0.218	0.489	1.85		0.565	0.457	0.711	0.898	0.618
Control	[-]	1.83	1.84	1.13	1.80	0.467		0.712	0.886	1.76		0.0830	0.310	0.725	0.862	0.458
Randomized	[-]	1.83	1.83	1.13	1.86	0.467		0.698	0.879	1.75		0.0836	0.307	0.743	0.861	0.460

	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	[-]	1.14
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	1.42	1.24	1.14	2.84	4.75		0.136	0.379	0.537		0.705	0.728	0.927	0.964	0.811
Control	[-]	1.36	1.19	1.14	2.75	4.75		0.0857	0.493	0.902		0.690	0.628	0.872	0.970	0.758
Randomized	[-]	1.41	1.23	1.14	2.84	4.75		0.128	0.709	1.47		0.603	0.434	0.802	0.978	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	[-]	2.00
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	2.31	2.26	2.00	2.53	1.70		0.259	0.440	0.918		0.610	0.766	0.859	0.912	0.783
Control	[-]	2.62	2.58	2.00	2.84	1.70		0.576	0.857	1.89		0.326	0.623	0.694	0.778	0.609
Randomized	[-]	2.79	2.78	2.00	2.88	1.70		0.779	1.14	2.03		0.234	0.406	0.708	0.748	0.500

	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	[-]	2.02
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	2.09	2.18	2.02	1.74	2.59		0.177	0.608	0.758		0.687	0.696	0.897	0.981	0.792
Control	[-]	2.46	2.59	2.02	1.96	2.59		0.597	1.31	1.16		0.413	0.500	0.837	0.826	0.615
Randomized	[-]	2.48	2.61	2.02	1.97	2.59		0.617	1.39	1.32		0.399	0.424	0.822	0.848	0.584

	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	[-]	0.278
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.355	0.336	0.278	0.725	0.575		0.0639	0.187	0.955		0.824	0.819	0.861	0.950	0.854
Control	[-]	0.298	0.279	0.278	0.710	0.575		0.00760	0.209	1.64		0.798	0.812	0.747	0.895	0.813
Randomized	[-]	0.364	0.342	0.278	0.822	0.575		0.0702	0.288	1.85		0.771	0.740	0.720	0.830	0.760

	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	[-]	1.12
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	1.21	1.26	1.12	1.08	0.870		0.148	0.374	0.642		0.626	0.646	0.922	0.964	0.761
Control	[-]	1.82	1.92	1.12	1.61	0.870		0.808	0.980	0.978		0.0856	0.404	0.880	0.850	0.525
Randomized	[-]	1.77	1.86	1.12	1.57	0.870		0.749	0.950	0.916		0.103	0.380	0.893	0.865	0.524

	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	[-]	2.69
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	3.07	2.82	2.69	3.81	1.25		0.200	0.890	0.736		0.576	0.641	0.907	0.979	0.749
Control	[-]	3.92	3.77	2.69	4.24	1.25		1.10	2.35	0.839		0.325	0.337	0.896	0.752	0.529
Randomized	[-]	3.88	3.67	2.69	4.41	1.25		1.02	2.41	1.19		0.343	0.278	0.833	0.756	0.498

	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	[-]	2.95
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	3.11	3.13	2.95	3.11			0.196	0.341	0.862		0.721	0.815	0.869	0.999	0.844
Control	[-]	3.08	3.08	2.95	3.29			0.140	0.775	2.01		0.595	0.495	0.683	0.994	0.653
Randomized	[-]	3.09	3.10	2.95	3.27			0.161	0.944	1.90		0.593	0.355	0.716	0.975	0.599

	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	[-]	1.88
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	2.19	2.03	1.88	3.00			0.157	0.385	0.725		0.688	0.741	0.894	0.970	0.807
Control	[-]	2.97	2.84	1.88	3.57			0.970	1.14	1.28		0.105	0.500	0.807	0.859	0.554
Randomized	[-]	2.82	2.68	1.88	3.51			0.813	1.12	1.46		0.169	0.355	0.797	0.877	0.511

	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	[-]	1.16
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	1.25	1.24	1.16	2.33	3.10		0.102	0.303	0.653		0.723	0.797	0.905	0.956	0.836
Control	[-]	1.56	1.55	1.16	2.49	3.10		0.396	0.756	1.34		0.449	0.506	0.802	0.873	0.627
Randomized	[-]	1.65	1.62	1.16	2.82	3.10		0.472	0.927	1.44		0.354	0.386	0.801	0.839	0.553

	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	[-]	6.37
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	6.25	6.27	6.37	5.94	4.20		-0.0609	1.60	0.653		0.624	0.586	0.925	0.990	0.742
Control	[-]	7.23	7.22	6.37	7.77	4.20		0.923	3.54	0.999		0.353	0.304	0.882	0.625	0.493
Randomized	[-]	6.92	6.91	6.37	7.49	4.20		0.614	3.53	1.08		0.381	0.274	0.873	0.658	0.492

	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	[-]	3.00
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	3.33	3.30	3.00	3.51			0.306	0.676	0.543		0.715	0.756	0.934	0.992	0.831
Control	[-]	3.15	3.12	3.00	3.47			0.133	1.15	0.928		0.588	0.581	0.881	0.878	0.702
Randomized	[-]	3.43	3.42	3.00	3.50			0.422	1.57	1.48		0.562	0.418	0.801	0.894	0.619

	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	[-]	1.18
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	1.49	1.48	1.18	1.61	1.05		0.332	0.664	0.914		0.532	0.638	0.864	0.855	0.705
Control	[-]	2.31	2.31	1.18	2.64	1.05		1.23	1.91	1.10		0.332	0.423	0.842	0.366	0.477
Randomized	[-]	2.43	2.40	1.18	2.75	1.05		1.33	2.03	1.29		0.330	0.360	0.823	0.359	0.446

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:

Conserving Land-Atmosphere Synthesis Suite (CLASS) v1.1

  Version:

1.1

  Institution:

University of New South Wales

  Source:

Ground Heat Flux (GLDAS, MERRALND, MERRAFLX, NCEP_DOII, NCEP_NCAR), Sensible Heat Flux(GLDAS, MERRALND, MERRAFLX, NCEP_DOII, NCEP_NCAR, MPIBGC, Princeton), Latent Heat Flux(DOLCE1.0), Net Radiation (GLDAS, MERRALND, NCEP_DOII, NCEP_NCAR, ERAI, EBAF4.0), Precipitation(REGEN1.1), Runoff(LORA1.0), Change in Water storage(GRACE(GFZ, JPL, CSR))

  History:

2020-01-30: downloaded source from [http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2003.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2004.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2005.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2006.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2007.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2008.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2009.nc] 2020-01-30: converted to ILAMB netCDF4 with https://github.com/rubisco-sfa/ILAMB-Data/blob/master/CLASS/CLASS_to_ILAMB.py

  References:

Sanaa Hobeichi (2019), Conserving Land-Atmosphere Synthesis Suite (CLASS) v1.1, doi:10.25914/5c872258dc183

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