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 Globe 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) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.585
LMBIRCH	[-]	0.658	0.652	0.585	0.585	0.185		0.0659	2.12		0.282	0.655	0.965	0.634
PPE	[-]	0.621	0.615	0.543	0.585	0.185		0.0291	2.17		0.437	0.628	0.995	0.686
PPE_FINAL	[-]	0.622	0.616	0.543	0.585	0.185		0.0302	2.19		0.440	0.626	0.991	0.686
R15	[-]	0.603	0.596	0.536	0.585	0.185		0.00958	2.09		0.518	0.650	0.997	0.722

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.425
LMBIRCH	[-]	0.461	0.473	0.286	0.425			0.0477	1.27		0.665	0.773	0.940	0.793
PPE	[-]	0.452	0.462	0.280	0.425			0.0372	1.15		0.680	0.816	0.925	0.807
PPE_FINAL	[-]	0.449	0.460	0.275	0.425			0.0348	1.14		0.678	0.821	0.930	0.810
R15	[-]	0.448	0.458	0.280	0.425			0.0330	1.31		0.704	0.772	0.919	0.798

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.480
LMBIRCH	[-]	0.450	0.461	0.395	0.480	0.669		-0.0189	1.57		0.530	0.761	0.966	0.752
PPE	[-]	0.441	0.453	0.385	0.480	0.669		-0.0270	1.48		0.534	0.793	0.974	0.767
PPE_FINAL	[-]	0.451	0.464	0.383	0.480	0.669		-0.0162	1.53		0.574	0.780	0.972	0.776
R15	[-]	0.445	0.456	0.391	0.480	0.669		-0.0233	1.64		0.555	0.749	0.981	0.762

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.436
LMBIRCH	[-]	0.504	0.510	0.448	0.436	0.457		0.0735	1.13		0.515	0.862	0.500	0.626
PPE	[-]	0.509	0.517	0.442	0.436	0.457		0.0800	1.32		0.503	0.834	0.458	0.599
PPE_FINAL	[-]	0.486	0.491	0.435	0.436	0.457		0.0543	1.26		0.553	0.845	0.525	0.641
R15	[-]	0.507	0.515	0.435	0.436	0.457		0.0780	1.10		0.519	0.872	0.595	0.662

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.776
LMBIRCH	[-]	0.833	0.861	0.806	0.776	0.785		0.0845	1.84		0.116	0.719	0.506	0.447
PPE	[-]	0.766	0.785	0.745	0.776	0.785		0.00850	1.86		0.312	0.720	0.660	0.564
PPE_FINAL	[-]	0.775	0.794	0.756	0.776	0.785		0.0178	1.83		0.262	0.727	0.626	0.538
R15	[-]	0.737	0.750	0.728	0.776	0.785		-0.0258	2.07		0.307	0.679	0.657	0.548

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.490
LMBIRCH	[-]	0.577	0.583	0.508	0.490	0.481		0.0922	1.00		0.538	0.895	0.836	0.757
PPE	[-]	0.534	0.540	0.435	0.490	0.481		0.0494	1.11		0.668	0.874	0.934	0.825
PPE_FINAL	[-]	0.523	0.528	0.459	0.490	0.481		0.0374	1.11		0.700	0.878	0.928	0.835
R15	[-]	0.543	0.550	0.457	0.490	0.481		0.0589	0.932		0.625	0.905	0.875	0.802

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.463
LMBIRCH	[-]	0.465	0.492	0.326	0.463	0.640		0.0294	1.64		0.503	0.751	0.927	0.727
PPE	[-]	0.437	0.464	0.301	0.463	0.640		0.00149	1.59		0.576	0.767	0.974	0.772
PPE_FINAL	[-]	0.439	0.464	0.309	0.463	0.640		0.00150	1.59		0.583	0.769	0.967	0.773
R15	[-]	0.432	0.457	0.304	0.463	0.640		-0.00546	1.78		0.570	0.720	0.974	0.755

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.567
LMBIRCH	[-]	0.669	0.679	0.625	0.567	0.736		0.111	1.88		0.442	0.735	0.971	0.716
PPE	[-]	0.631	0.641	0.591	0.567	0.736		0.0733	1.78		0.511	0.749	0.922	0.728
PPE_FINAL	[-]	0.633	0.642	0.593	0.567	0.736		0.0744	1.77		0.513	0.752	0.934	0.733
R15	[-]	0.596	0.599	0.582	0.567	0.736		0.0314	2.12		0.557	0.656	0.965	0.726

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.474
LMBIRCH	[-]	0.683	0.690	0.556	0.474	0.438		0.215	1.14		0.246	0.877	0.336	0.487
PPE	[-]	0.693	0.697	0.578	0.474	0.438		0.223	1.57		0.249	0.792	0.300	0.447
PPE_FINAL	[-]	0.674	0.679	0.562	0.474	0.438		0.205	1.52		0.275	0.799	0.291	0.455
R15	[-]	0.669	0.674	0.548	0.474	0.438		0.200	1.10		0.263	0.874	0.441	0.526

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.317
LMBIRCH	[-]	0.372	0.348	0.487	0.317	0.462		0.0313	1.10		0.576	0.857	0.987	0.807
PPE	[-]	0.366	0.344	0.475	0.317	0.462		0.0269	1.24		0.566	0.840	0.963	0.790
PPE_FINAL	[-]	0.365	0.343	0.474	0.317	0.462		0.0255	1.14		0.581	0.861	0.979	0.807
R15	[-]	0.362	0.340	0.473	0.317	0.462		0.0229	1.22		0.588	0.816	0.983	0.796

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.584
LMBIRCH	[-]	0.580	0.614	0.450	0.584	0.498		0.0285	1.35		0.446	0.791	0.917	0.718
PPE	[-]	0.539	0.573	0.414	0.585	0.438		-0.0126	1.66		0.497	0.742	0.897	0.712
PPE_FINAL	[-]	0.542	0.574	0.421	0.585	0.438		-0.0118	1.63		0.504	0.748	0.946	0.732
R15	[-]	0.556	0.586	0.440	0.584	0.498		0.000711	1.89		0.485	0.680	0.977	0.714

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.496
LMBIRCH	[-]	0.513	0.561	0.390	0.495	0.664		0.0656	1.59		0.416	0.761	0.962	0.713
PPE	[-]	0.487	0.531	0.373	0.496	0.636		0.0350	1.63		0.492	0.758	0.980	0.744
PPE_FINAL	[-]	0.488	0.532	0.374	0.496	0.636		0.0362	1.63		0.510	0.757	0.980	0.749
R15	[-]	0.481	0.525	0.371	0.496	0.644		0.0287	1.73		0.509	0.725	0.984	0.739

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.251
LMBIRCH	[-]	0.163	0.339	0.0980	0.251			0.0869	2.56		0.364	0.556	0.917	0.612
PPE	[-]	0.162	0.336	0.0978	0.251			0.0845	2.67		0.357	0.527	0.927	0.604
PPE_FINAL	[-]	0.159	0.328	0.0969	0.251			0.0765	2.71		0.384	0.511	0.937	0.610
R15	[-]	0.150	0.304	0.0935	0.251			0.0532	2.99		0.404	0.454	0.961	0.607

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.402
LMBIRCH	[-]	0.560	0.579	0.487	0.402	0.410		0.177	1.60		0.280	0.801	0.719	0.600
PPE	[-]	0.559	0.578	0.489	0.402	0.410		0.175	1.85		0.301	0.750	0.721	0.591
PPE_FINAL	[-]	0.546	0.564	0.480	0.402	0.410		0.161	1.75		0.310	0.774	0.735	0.607
R15	[-]	0.545	0.562	0.477	0.402	0.431		0.159	1.49		0.321	0.807	0.786	0.638

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.505
LMBIRCH	[-]	0.561	0.550	0.577	0.504	0.780		0.0459	1.43		0.416	0.770	0.989	0.725
PPE	[-]	0.541	0.530	0.560	0.504	0.780		0.0255	1.31		0.445	0.788	0.983	0.739
PPE_FINAL	[-]	0.543	0.533	0.558	0.504	0.780		0.0284	1.33		0.452	0.792	0.988	0.744
R15	[-]	0.523	0.512	0.539	0.504	0.780		0.00757	1.57		0.477	0.745	0.983	0.735

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.631
LMBIRCH	[-]	0.713	0.713	0.690	0.631	0.573		0.0812	1.10		0.541	0.865	0.996	0.801
PPE	[-]	0.623	0.625	0.611	0.631	0.573		-0.00619	1.08		0.641	0.865	0.880	0.795
PPE_FINAL	[-]	0.639	0.638	0.636	0.631	0.573		0.00708	1.12		0.700	0.859	0.923	0.827
R15	[-]	0.623	0.620	0.626	0.631	0.573		-0.0118	1.53		0.658	0.804	0.982	0.815

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.473
LMBIRCH	[-]	0.608	0.611	0.546	0.472	0.519		0.137	1.21		0.392	0.854	0.985	0.744
PPE	[-]	0.539	0.543	0.476	0.472	0.519		0.0697	1.43		0.536	0.822	0.945	0.768
PPE_FINAL	[-]	0.549	0.551	0.501	0.472	0.519		0.0779	1.36		0.540	0.839	0.986	0.788
R15	[-]	0.548	0.552	0.489	0.472	0.519		0.0791	1.28		0.516	0.842	0.988	0.782

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.356
LMBIRCH	[-]	0.419	0.418	0.409	0.356	0.385		0.0627	1.65		0.436	0.773	0.976	0.728
PPE	[-]	0.410	0.408	0.367	0.356	0.385		0.0517	1.72		0.422	0.764	0.977	0.721
PPE_FINAL	[-]	0.407	0.405	0.369	0.356	0.385		0.0494	1.75		0.451	0.756	0.983	0.730
R15	[-]	0.383	0.382	0.359	0.356	0.385		0.0264	1.73		0.466	0.754	0.984	0.735

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.748
LMBIRCH	[-]	0.823	0.828	0.678	0.748	0.754		0.0791	2.44		0.140	0.618	0.624	0.461
PPE	[-]	0.737	0.740	0.637	0.748	0.769		-0.00863	2.28		0.323	0.643	0.715	0.560
PPE_FINAL	[-]	0.764	0.769	0.636	0.748	0.769		0.0201	2.44		0.363	0.615	0.742	0.573
R15	[-]	0.752	0.755	0.638	0.748	0.769		0.00611	2.68		0.363	0.566	0.767	0.565

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.631
LMBIRCH	[-]	0.637	0.636	0.623	0.631	0.717		0.00485	1.85		0.474	0.713	0.748	0.645
PPE	[-]	0.600	0.598	0.598	0.631	0.717		-0.0331	1.80		0.547	0.725	0.867	0.713
PPE_FINAL	[-]	0.611	0.610	0.593	0.631	0.717		-0.0209	1.89		0.566	0.702	0.851	0.706
R15	[-]	0.608	0.608	0.585	0.631	0.717		-0.0228	2.34		0.566	0.613	0.853	0.677

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.346
LMBIRCH	[-]	0.366	0.395	0.225	0.343	0.636		0.0531	1.62		0.245	0.749	0.770	0.588
PPE	[-]	0.358	0.386	0.225	0.343	0.636		0.0441	1.71		0.253	0.732	0.841	0.608
PPE_FINAL	[-]	0.353	0.382	0.220	0.343	0.636		0.0399	1.52		0.252	0.760	0.824	0.612
R15	[-]	0.335	0.361	0.212	0.343	0.636		0.0192	1.41		0.305	0.786	0.850	0.647

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 Globe 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 Spatially integrated regional mean cycle Spatially integrated regional mean detrended cycle Spatially integrated regional mean

  Approach:

I read variables latent heat (le) and sensible heat (sh) from monthly original data files from 1982 until 2008, then I calculated annual mean for both variables, and I further calculated evaporative fraction (le/(le+sh)) using annual mean for both le and sh I saved the data in NetCDF format.

  Temporal resolution:

climatology

  General information:

This product was derived originally from Monthly estimates of global biosphere-atmosphere fluxes from Biogeochemistry group at Max Planck Institute in Jena, Germany.

  Spatial resolution:

0.5x0.5 degree

  Derived data code:

http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/convert-EvapFrac-GBAF.ncl