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
b.e30_beta02.BLT1850.ne30_t232.104	[-]	4.01	4.01	3.65	5.52	0.762		0.431	1.73	1.97		0.452	0.352	0.690	0.955	0.560
f.e23_alpha17f.FLTHIST_ne30.roughtopo.099	[-]	4.41	4.42	3.64	4.13	2.41		0.753	1.97	1.91		0.310	0.325	0.704	0.968	0.526

	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
b.e30_beta02.BLT1850.ne30_t232.104	[-]	4.03	4.01	2.30	5.70	2.72		1.72	2.57	0.640		0.0690	0.178	0.926	0.900	0.450
f.e23_alpha17f.FLTHIST_ne30.roughtopo.099	[-]	3.34	3.31	2.35	2.22	2.46		0.967	1.65	0.811		0.270	0.304	0.897	0.930	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	[-]	2.39
b.e30_beta02.BLT1850.ne30_t232.104	[-]	3.06	3.06	2.35	3.07	1.87		0.692	1.55	1.02		0.344	0.424	0.860	0.966	0.603
f.e23_alpha17f.FLTHIST_ne30.roughtopo.099	[-]	3.20	3.20	2.39	3.02	2.42		0.774	1.59	1.14		0.340	0.417	0.854	0.930	0.592

	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	[-]	0.940
b.e30_beta02.BLT1850.ne30_t232.104	[-]	1.62	1.62	0.933	1.69	3.14		0.695	0.840	0.470		0.108	0.374	0.956	0.874	0.537
f.e23_alpha17f.FLTHIST_ne30.roughtopo.099	[-]	1.52	1.52	0.940	1.55	3.23		0.593	0.780	0.723		0.180	0.351	0.919	0.903	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	[-]	7.72
b.e30_beta02.BLT1850.ne30_t232.104	[-]	9.19	9.24	7.69	8.57	6.81		1.19	3.25	1.85		0.362	0.416	0.723	0.980	0.579
f.e23_alpha17f.FLTHIST_ne30.roughtopo.099	[-]	8.00	8.09	7.74	6.61	7.21		-0.393	3.58	2.26		0.357	0.365	0.643	0.811	0.508

	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
b.e30_beta02.BLT1850.ne30_t232.104	[-]	1.80	1.80	1.39	2.33	1.54		0.423	0.601	0.754		0.395	0.551	0.926	0.981	0.681
f.e23_alpha17f.FLTHIST_ne30.roughtopo.099	[-]	1.72	1.73	1.38	2.00			0.351	0.610	0.826		0.469	0.495	0.923	0.986	0.673

	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	[-]	1.48
b.e30_beta02.BLT1850.ne30_t232.104	[-]	1.98	2.00	1.48	2.13	5.03		0.616	1.10	1.15		0.379	0.448	0.848	0.895	0.603
f.e23_alpha17f.FLTHIST_ne30.roughtopo.099	[-]	1.89	1.92	1.47	1.93	4.58		0.527	1.10	1.02		0.434	0.441	0.881	0.907	0.621

	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	[-]	4.02
b.e30_beta02.BLT1850.ne30_t232.104	[-]	4.03	3.95	3.95	5.49	7.05		0.260	2.66	0.975		0.359	0.263	0.879	0.960	0.545
f.e23_alpha17f.FLTHIST_ne30.roughtopo.099	[-]	3.80	3.74	3.98	4.18	7.89		-0.0958	2.73	1.14		0.421	0.260	0.854	0.947	0.548

	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
b.e30_beta02.BLT1850.ne30_t232.104	[-]	1.35	1.36	1.02	1.18	1.08		0.325	0.488	1.06		0.386	0.515	0.896	0.960	0.655
f.e23_alpha17f.FLTHIST_ne30.roughtopo.099	[-]	1.31	1.32	1.02	1.24			0.290	0.495	1.11		0.439	0.489	0.889	0.949	0.651

	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	[-]	1.63
b.e30_beta02.BLT1850.ne30_t232.104	[-]	2.01	2.00	1.56	2.91	2.71		0.541	0.939	1.04		0.308	0.520	0.881	0.942	0.634
f.e23_alpha17f.FLTHIST_ne30.roughtopo.099	[-]	1.80	1.78	1.62	2.82	2.59		0.266	0.885	1.09		0.375	0.430	0.851	0.934	0.604

	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	[-]	2.16
b.e30_beta02.BLT1850.ne30_t232.104	[-]	2.49	2.50	2.15	2.41	1.86		0.324	0.771	1.48		0.416	0.578	0.802	0.952	0.665
f.e23_alpha17f.FLTHIST_ne30.roughtopo.099	[-]	2.27	2.29	2.16	2.07	1.91		0.0872	0.822	1.68		0.510	0.450	0.756	0.958	0.625

	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	[-]	2.27
b.e30_beta02.BLT1850.ne30_t232.104	[-]	2.41	2.59	2.25	0.844	4.39		0.433	1.36	1.19		0.356	0.464	0.840	0.951	0.615
f.e23_alpha17f.FLTHIST_ne30.roughtopo.099	[-]	2.41	2.59	2.26	0.874	5.10		0.397	1.30	1.28		0.417	0.448	0.829	0.949	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	[-]	0.394
b.e30_beta02.BLT1850.ne30_t232.104	[-]	0.569	0.570	0.392	0.686	0.470		0.186	0.486	1.81		0.530	0.600	0.721	0.923	0.675
f.e23_alpha17f.FLTHIST_ne30.roughtopo.099	[-]	0.471	0.472	0.393	0.586	0.589		0.0875	0.392	1.92		0.624	0.663	0.707	0.914	0.714

	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
b.e30_beta02.BLT1850.ne30_t232.104	[-]	1.66	1.67	1.08	1.28	2.43		0.543	0.767	0.562		0.236	0.466	0.954	0.946	0.614
f.e23_alpha17f.FLTHIST_ne30.roughtopo.099	[-]	1.66	1.68	1.08	1.24	2.26		0.588	0.785	0.796		0.259	0.490	0.923	0.929	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	[-]	3.19
b.e30_beta02.BLT1850.ne30_t232.104	[-]	4.16	4.15	3.17	4.24	5.20		1.06	2.50	1.31		0.218	0.328	0.821	0.942	0.528
f.e23_alpha17f.FLTHIST_ne30.roughtopo.099	[-]	3.72	3.69	3.18	3.67	3.95		0.768	2.25	1.34		0.334	0.319	0.817	0.930	0.544

	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
b.e30_beta02.BLT1850.ne30_t232.104	[-]	2.78	2.80	2.94	2.99	2.64		-0.0870	0.859	1.33		0.455	0.512	0.806	0.934	0.644
f.e23_alpha17f.FLTHIST_ne30.roughtopo.099	[-]	2.63	2.65	2.95	2.65	2.77		-0.266	1.01	1.79		0.407	0.440	0.747	0.946	0.596

	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	[-]	2.21
b.e30_beta02.BLT1850.ne30_t232.104	[-]	2.50	2.48	2.22	3.33	3.77		0.382	0.805	1.16		0.460	0.617	0.854	0.951	0.700
f.e23_alpha17f.FLTHIST_ne30.roughtopo.099	[-]	2.45	2.44	2.20	3.21	5.81		0.376	0.861	1.41		0.486	0.488	0.805	0.971	0.648

	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	[-]	1.30
b.e30_beta02.BLT1850.ne30_t232.104	[-]	1.70	1.69	1.27	2.72	2.61		0.448	0.849	1.44		0.298	0.467	0.786	0.855	0.575
f.e23_alpha17f.FLTHIST_ne30.roughtopo.099	[-]	1.44	1.43	1.30	2.17	2.24		0.157	0.796	1.45		0.437	0.440	0.798	0.817	0.587

	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
b.e30_beta02.BLT1850.ne30_t232.104	[-]	5.09	5.09	6.11	7.35	2.90		-1.01	2.98	0.918		0.269	0.448	0.898	0.858	0.584
f.e23_alpha17f.FLTHIST_ne30.roughtopo.099	[-]	6.53	6.54	6.10	6.34	4.02		0.474	2.60	0.950		0.420	0.454	0.897	0.807	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	[-]	3.27
b.e30_beta02.BLT1850.ne30_t232.104	[-]	2.76	2.78	3.28	2.50	3.81		-0.507	1.35	1.26		0.499	0.548	0.837	0.980	0.682
f.e23_alpha17f.FLTHIST_ne30.roughtopo.099	[-]	3.59	3.60	3.27	3.46	4.23		0.331	1.52	1.23		0.499	0.492	0.842	0.932	0.651

	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	[-]	1.63
b.e30_beta02.BLT1850.ne30_t232.104	[-]	3.65	3.68	1.58	2.54	1.19		2.04	2.84	1.33		0.0838	0.291	0.799	0.817	0.456
f.e23_alpha17f.FLTHIST_ne30.roughtopo.099	[-]	3.31	3.35	1.61	1.43	4.20		1.72	2.55	1.32		0.154	0.296	0.815	0.801	0.472

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