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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 [-] 2.28
CRUJRA [-] 1.99 2.01 2.26 1.50 4.53 -0.328 1.34 1.51 0.530 0.522 0.778 0.913 0.653
GSWP3 [-] 2.04 2.05 2.26 1.48 4.53 -0.285 1.33 1.56 0.541 0.515 0.770 0.914 0.651

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

MODEL COLORS
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ANNUAL CYCLE
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MONTHLY ANOMALY
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ANNUAL CYCLE
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Data Information

  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