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) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	27.3
271	[-]	31.4	31.6	27.3	31.0			4.21	5.98	2.01		0.324	0.441	0.692	0.990	0.578
330	[-]	32.3	32.5	27.3	31.2			5.11	6.75	2.08		0.279	0.437	0.682	0.974	0.562
CMIP6_001	[-]	30.6	30.7	27.3	28.5	18.0		3.19	5.30	1.89		0.352	0.479	0.714	0.987	0.602

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	20.4
271	[-]	25.1	24.9	20.4	20.3			4.44	5.94	0.519		0.464	0.649	0.946	0.891	0.720
330	[-]	24.8	24.6	20.4	19.9			4.15	5.82	0.501		0.481	0.637	0.946	0.896	0.720
CMIP6_001	[-]	22.0	21.8	20.4	18.3	25.0		1.34	4.38	0.452		0.567	0.656	0.951	0.932	0.752

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	20.3
271	[-]	24.2	24.2	20.3	25.0	16.3		3.87	5.47	1.11		0.446	0.699	0.858	0.914	0.723
330	[-]	24.2	24.1	20.3	25.2	16.3		3.84	5.46	1.07		0.452	0.696	0.863	0.911	0.724
CMIP6_001	[-]	24.6	24.6	20.3	24.7	16.9		4.25	5.70	0.827		0.420	0.649	0.905	0.965	0.718

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	31.4
271	[-]	58.0	58.4	31.4	53.5			26.7	27.8	0.822		0.0200	0.194	0.916	0.312	0.327
330	[-]	58.1	58.5	31.4	53.4			26.8	27.9	0.758		0.0198	0.194	0.926	0.317	0.330
CMIP6_001	[-]	60.2	59.9	31.4	64.0	21.9		28.4	30.3	2.30		0.00160	0.0457	0.645	0.513	0.250

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	34.7
271	[-]	36.3	36.4	34.7	36.1			1.76	5.79	1.34		0.252	0.410	0.808	0.903	0.557
330	[-]	36.1	36.3	34.7	35.7			1.63	5.69	1.66		0.265	0.403	0.745	0.896	0.542
CMIP6_001	[-]	39.6	40.6	34.7	37.8	27.8		5.84	7.08	1.23		0.226	0.472	0.837	0.722	0.545

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	31.7
271	[-]	43.0	43.1	31.7	42.9			11.5	12.9	0.783		0.148	0.244	0.905	0.477	0.403
330	[-]	42.9	43.0	31.7	42.1			11.4	12.8	0.831		0.158	0.260	0.888	0.454	0.404
CMIP6_001	[-]	43.2	43.2	31.7	44.4	19.8		11.5	13.8	1.18		0.150	0.169	0.820	0.393	0.340

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	23.4
271	[-]	29.0	29.2	23.4	29.7			5.87	6.94	2.04		0.266	0.485	0.668	0.969	0.575
330	[-]	28.9	29.0	23.4	29.9			5.71	6.77	1.97		0.276	0.491	0.679	0.972	0.582
CMIP6_001	[-]	27.2	27.2	23.4	29.5	22.8		3.90	5.96	2.06		0.322	0.505	0.665	0.979	0.595

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	24.7
271	[-]	27.9	27.5	24.7	30.9			2.85	5.45	0.979		0.491	0.598	0.886	0.964	0.707
330	[-]	27.7	27.2	24.7	31.0			2.58	5.23	0.738		0.502	0.612	0.912	0.968	0.721
CMIP6_001	[-]	27.8	27.5	24.7	30.2	23.8		2.78	5.51	0.745		0.495	0.566	0.907	0.986	0.704

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	33.9
271	[-]	61.1	61.1	33.9	58.0			27.2	27.8	1.24		0.0502	0.308	0.852	0.404	0.385
330	[-]	61.2	61.2	33.9	57.9			27.3	27.9	1.19		0.0476	0.314	0.862	0.411	0.390
CMIP6_001	[-]	67.6	67.1	33.9	71.8	27.8		33.1	34.5	1.88		0.00439	0.102	0.732	0.535	0.295

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	15.8
271	[-]	22.5	22.2	15.8	26.2			6.64	6.96	0.836		0.283	0.695	0.903	0.866	0.688
330	[-]	21.5	21.2	15.8	25.7			5.62	6.11	0.662		0.328	0.721	0.919	0.856	0.709
CMIP6_001	[-]	19.2	19.0	15.8	23.2	17.5		3.39	4.23	0.837		0.447	0.742	0.894	0.912	0.747

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	28.5
271	[-]	34.8	35.2	28.5	32.1			6.35	8.41	0.483		0.312	0.431	0.960	0.685	0.564
330	[-]	35.1	35.5	28.5	32.1			6.63	8.50	0.535		0.294	0.440	0.957	0.680	0.562
CMIP6_001	[-]	33.8	34.0	28.6	32.0	20.4		5.18	7.61	0.704		0.392	0.434	0.935	0.653	0.570

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	23.9
271	[-]	30.5	30.5	23.9	29.9	18.9		6.72	8.63	1.14		0.288	0.489	0.847	0.720	0.567
330	[-]	30.4	30.5	23.9	29.9	18.9		6.68	8.55	1.11		0.291	0.494	0.848	0.717	0.569
CMIP6_001	[-]	30.2	30.0	23.9	32.8	18.8		6.12	8.38	1.29		0.332	0.475	0.815	0.656	0.551

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	10.4
271	[-]	13.9	13.7	10.4	18.1			3.42	4.01	1.47		0.271	0.572	0.790	0.986	0.638
330	[-]	13.8	13.7	10.4	18.1			3.39	3.96	1.35		0.272	0.565	0.810	0.987	0.640
CMIP6_001	[-]	13.5	13.4	10.4	18.0	10.4		3.03	3.63	1.74		0.296	0.564	0.738	0.986	0.630

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	30.6
271	[-]	52.8	54.1	30.6	45.4			23.1	23.7	1.11		0.0115	0.224	0.872	0.518	0.370
330	[-]	52.9	54.1	30.6	45.2			23.1	23.7	1.16		0.0121	0.222	0.863	0.519	0.368
CMIP6_001	[-]	57.7	57.7	30.6	56.2	21.8		27.1	28.0	2.25		0.00411	0.194	0.651	0.574	0.323

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	22.1
271	[-]	28.7	28.7	22.1	28.9			6.81	7.72	1.17		0.282	0.632	0.839	0.988	0.675
330	[-]	28.5	28.4	22.1	28.9			6.49	7.38	1.23		0.303	0.610	0.822	0.987	0.666
CMIP6_001	[-]	25.8	26.0	22.1	24.9	18.6		3.95	6.46	1.89		0.373	0.494	0.712	0.954	0.605

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	30.1
271	[-]	32.4	32.6	30.0	31.6			2.43	5.94	0.561		0.381	0.447	0.954	0.960	0.638
330	[-]	33.0	33.1	30.1	32.0			2.95	6.12	0.730		0.359	0.439	0.934	0.964	0.627
CMIP6_001	[-]	31.8	31.9	30.1	31.7	22.5		1.76	5.27	0.587		0.462	0.404	0.947	0.970	0.637

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	29.4
271	[-]	40.5	40.7	29.4	39.5			11.4	14.0	0.410		0.0952	0.144	0.969	0.832	0.437
330	[-]	40.5	40.8	29.4	39.0			11.4	14.0	0.479		0.0890	0.142	0.958	0.851	0.436
CMIP6_001	[-]	38.3	38.7	29.4	38.2	20.5		9.35	11.8	0.523		0.152	0.157	0.944	0.710	0.424

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	21.3
271	[-]	27.5	27.4	21.3	28.1			6.15	6.84	0.788		0.295	0.614	0.918	0.989	0.686
330	[-]	27.7	27.6	21.3	28.4			6.37	7.03	0.866		0.283	0.611	0.907	0.990	0.680
CMIP6_001	[-]	25.4	25.4	21.3	28.5	20.7		4.18	5.49	0.877		0.417	0.557	0.902	0.986	0.684

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	33.9
271	[-]	31.0	31.1	34.0	29.8			-2.86	6.14	0.708		0.358	0.386	0.929	0.906	0.593
330	[-]	30.9	31.0	33.9	29.7			-2.86	5.91	0.765		0.355	0.444	0.921	0.877	0.608
CMIP6_001	[-]	31.8	31.9	34.0	27.0	21.9		-2.07	5.13	0.578		0.420	0.466	0.947	0.819	0.623

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	26.9
271	[-]	28.5	28.4	26.9	26.9	19.6		1.41	4.53	1.22		0.489	0.638	0.829	0.990	0.717
330	[-]	29.0	28.9	26.9	27.8	19.6		1.90	4.72	1.21		0.472	0.627	0.825	0.992	0.709
CMIP6_001	[-]	27.4	27.3	26.9	26.8	23.0		0.381	4.57	1.38		0.478	0.610	0.805	0.989	0.698

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	19.0
271	[-]	27.2	27.3	19.0	27.4			8.15	8.90	0.892		0.204	0.530	0.900	0.943	0.622
330	[-]	27.0	27.1	19.0	27.2			7.94	8.69	0.905		0.214	0.528	0.892	0.935	0.619
CMIP6_001	[-]	23.5	23.6	19.0	22.9	19.8		4.77	6.23	0.712		0.367	0.554	0.918	0.909	0.661

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:

Observation-based global multilayer soil moisture products for 1970 to 2016

  Version:

1

  Institutions:

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Source:

Offline land surface models, reanalysis, and satellite soil moisture datasets combined using the Optimal Linear Combination technique of Hobeichi, 2018 (doi:10.5194/hess-22-1317-2018)

  History:

2021-09-14: downloaded https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-v8QmowHzZrvUHWUdmSJw5rtwfxYJnfA/view?usp=sharing

2021-09-14: selected top 10cm, converted unit from vol-% to kg m-2

  References:

Wang, Y. and Mao, J. and Jin, M. and Hoffman, F. M. and Shi, X. and Wullschleger, S. D. and Dai, Y. (2021), Development of observation-based global multilayer soil moisture products for 1970 to 2016, Earth System Science Data, 4385--4405, 10.5194/essd-13-4385-2021

  Comments:

time_period: 1970-01 through 2016-12

temporal_resolution: monthly

spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

units: kg m-2

  Convention:

CF-1.8