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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 [-] 2.06
CRUJRA [-] 1.99 2.00 2.15 0.153 1.34 -0.258 1.30 1.51 0.521 0.537 0.777 0.937 0.662
GSWP3 [-] 2.04 2.04 2.15 0.258 1.34 -0.219 1.32 1.63 0.519 0.519 0.758 0.935 0.650

Temporally integrated period mean

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BIAS
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RMSE
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SPATIAL TAYLOR DIAGRAM
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MODEL COLORS
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Spatially integrated regional mean

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ANNUAL CYCLE
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MONTHLY ANOMALY
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ANNUAL CYCLE
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All Models

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Data Information

  Title:
CPC Merged Analysis of Precipitation (excludes NCEP Reanalysis)

  Version:
1904

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

  Source:
Merged Precipitation with gauge observations, a variety of satellite observations and the NCEP–NCAR reanalysis

  History:
2019-04-30: downloaded source from https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.cmap.html#detail
2019-07-01: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-pr-cmap.py

  References:
Xie, P., and P.A. Arkin (1997), Global precipitation: A 17-year monthly analysis based on gauge observations, satellite estimates, and numerical model outputs, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 78, 2539-2558
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  Comments:
time_period: 1979-01 through 2018-12
original_temporal_resolution: monthly
original_spatial_resolution: 2.5 degree
original_units: mm/day
final_temporal_resolution: monthly
final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree
final_units: kg/m2/s

  Convention:
CF-1.7