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	[-]	2.48
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	2.50	2.54	2.48	1.71	2.68		0.0449	0.725	3.04		0.580	0.594	0.495	0.974	0.647
Control	[-]	2.48	2.51	2.48	1.85	2.68		0.0240	0.725	2.67		0.571	0.603	0.569	0.985	0.666
Randomized	[-]	2.49	2.52	2.48	1.81	2.68		0.0320	0.713	2.63		0.580	0.603	0.577	0.986	0.670

	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	[-]	1.21
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	1.63	1.63	1.21	0.742	2.59		0.423	1.01	1.38		0.333	0.424	0.808	0.824	0.563
Control	[-]	1.26	1.26	1.21	0.416	2.59		0.0483	0.858	1.08		0.438	0.540	0.866	0.900	0.657
Randomized	[-]	1.37	1.37	1.21	0.507	2.59		0.157	0.863	1.11		0.429	0.528	0.861	0.886	0.647

	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	[-]	1.66
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	1.78	1.77	1.66	1.76	2.05		0.125	0.865	1.74		0.507	0.472	0.762	0.933	0.629
Control	[-]	1.55	1.53	1.66	1.87	2.05		-0.113	0.745	1.63		0.611	0.539	0.774	0.961	0.685
Randomized	[-]	1.52	1.50	1.66	1.83	2.05		-0.146	0.742	1.64		0.615	0.539	0.784	0.963	0.688

	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	[-]	0.854
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.524	0.534	0.854	0.386	1.06		-0.327	0.531	0.372		0.162	0.233	0.974	0.969	0.514
Control	[-]	0.281	0.295	0.854	0.0747	1.06		-0.568	0.774	0.268		0.0217	0.0729	0.978	0.822	0.393
Randomized	[-]	0.340	0.356	0.854	0.0988	1.06		-0.510	0.737	0.271		0.0578	0.0765	0.979	0.794	0.397

	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	[-]	3.76
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	3.44	3.41	3.76	3.57	3.92		-0.314	0.509	2.62		0.510	0.754	0.578	0.974	0.714
Control	[-]	3.02	2.93	3.76	3.46	3.92		-0.712	0.921	3.12		0.320	0.730	0.485	0.331	0.519
Randomized	[-]	3.08	2.99	3.76	3.50	3.92		-0.655	0.886	2.94		0.350	0.724	0.517	0.334	0.530

	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	[-]	1.12
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.883	0.881	1.11	0.864	1.40		-0.233	0.445	0.494		0.316	0.393	0.967	0.899	0.594
Control	[-]	0.628	0.625	1.11	0.648	1.40		-0.489	0.612	0.264		0.0616	0.449	0.982	0.818	0.552
Randomized	[-]	0.636	0.633	1.11	0.644	1.40		-0.481	0.615	0.217		0.0678	0.442	0.985	0.802	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	[-]	1.17
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.959	1.05	1.17	0.549	1.94		-0.102	0.665	1.42		0.551	0.350	0.795	0.926	0.594
Control	[-]	0.920	0.978	1.17	0.644	1.94		-0.179	0.765	1.51		0.509	0.290	0.779	0.887	0.551
Randomized	[-]	0.972	1.03	1.17	0.688	1.94		-0.127	0.843	1.43		0.468	0.234	0.786	0.849	0.514

	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	[-]	2.11
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	2.04	2.09	2.10	1.55	3.39		0.0547	1.02	2.40		0.452	0.379	0.625	0.855	0.538
Control	[-]	1.98	2.04	2.10	1.56	3.39		0.0158	0.967	1.93		0.443	0.425	0.711	0.922	0.585
Randomized	[-]	2.03	2.08	2.10	1.58	3.39		0.0588	0.984	1.84		0.422	0.417	0.728	0.914	0.580

	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	[-]	0.786
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.569	0.603	0.786	0.307	0.745		-0.186	0.496	0.420		0.348	0.171	0.972	0.963	0.525
Control	[-]	0.145	0.173	0.786	-0.0639	0.745		-0.615	0.793	0.447		0.00147	0.0908	0.957	0.855	0.399
Randomized	[-]	0.147	0.174	0.786	-0.0648	0.745		-0.613	0.788	0.471		0.00323	0.101	0.954	0.846	0.401

	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	[-]	0.785
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	1.19	1.14	0.778	2.02	2.20		0.411	0.633	2.07		0.464	0.635	0.682	0.957	0.675
Control	[-]	1.07	1.02	0.778	1.89	2.20		0.288	0.590	2.03		0.518	0.663	0.681	0.912	0.687
Randomized	[-]	1.06	1.02	0.778	1.90	2.20		0.287	0.595	2.09		0.521	0.654	0.668	0.894	0.678

	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	[-]	1.32
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	1.19	1.19	1.32	1.16	1.44		-0.119	0.472	0.291		0.528	0.549	0.980	0.977	0.717
Control	[-]	0.965	0.954	1.32	1.11	1.44		-0.343	0.648	0.392		0.331	0.496	0.971	0.849	0.629
Randomized	[-]	0.962	0.952	1.32	1.11	1.44		-0.346	0.662	0.461		0.321	0.490	0.966	0.846	0.623

	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	[-]	1.56
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	1.20	1.53	1.56	0.301	2.44		-0.00429	0.686	1.42		0.458	0.447	0.799	0.973	0.625
Control	[-]	1.05	1.32	1.56	0.294	2.44		-0.207	0.758	1.37		0.386	0.447	0.805	0.966	0.610
Randomized	[-]	1.08	1.36	1.56	0.310	2.44		-0.174	0.778	1.38		0.377	0.427	0.802	0.965	0.600

	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	[-]	0.604
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.304	0.833	0.605	0.177	0.431		0.233	0.750	1.88		0.534	0.353	0.719	0.948	0.581
Control	[-]	0.253	0.753	0.605	0.133	0.431		0.156	0.741	2.07		0.600	0.358	0.685	0.949	0.590
Randomized	[-]	0.289	0.822	0.605	0.160	0.431		0.222	0.826	2.15		0.545	0.308	0.669	0.945	0.555

	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	[-]	0.875
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.542	0.642	0.874	0.282	1.05		-0.237	0.518	0.502		0.273	0.229	0.966	0.940	0.527
Control	[-]	0.259	0.336	0.874	0.0687	1.05		-0.544	0.742	0.529		0.0510	0.173	0.960	0.840	0.439
Randomized	[-]	0.277	0.355	0.874	0.0840	1.05		-0.525	0.741	0.548		0.0662	0.156	0.959	0.835	0.434

	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	[-]	2.13
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	2.01	2.00	2.13	2.15	2.79		-0.0271	0.662	1.51		0.558	0.607	0.793	0.957	0.704
Control	[-]	1.83	1.81	2.13	2.02	2.79		-0.224	0.815	1.62		0.470	0.556	0.771	0.901	0.651
Randomized	[-]	1.88	1.85	2.13	2.09	2.79		-0.177	0.841	1.65		0.455	0.541	0.768	0.893	0.640

	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	[-]	1.88
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	1.84	1.84	1.88	1.90	2.11		-0.0106	0.494	0.516		0.607	0.480	0.957	0.992	0.703
Control	[-]	1.52	1.51	1.88	1.68	2.11		-0.340	0.638	0.479		0.292	0.467	0.964	0.990	0.636
Randomized	[-]	1.55	1.55	1.88	1.71	2.11		-0.301	0.646	0.464		0.318	0.439	0.965	0.991	0.631

	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	[-]	1.13
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	1.07	1.07	1.13	1.14	1.29		-0.0604	0.489	0.151		0.566	0.331	0.990	0.987	0.641
Control	[-]	0.729	0.725	1.13	0.843	1.29		-0.408	0.655	0.142		0.239	0.383	0.989	0.878	0.574
Randomized	[-]	0.744	0.740	1.13	0.848	1.29		-0.394	0.661	0.0864		0.259	0.365	0.993	0.886	0.574

	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	[-]	0.788
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.887	0.902	0.787	0.913	1.93		0.124	0.676	1.63		0.573	0.377	0.748	0.962	0.608
Control	[-]	0.847	0.860	0.787	0.793	1.93		0.0804	0.750	1.78		0.563	0.329	0.722	0.872	0.563
Randomized	[-]	0.907	0.920	0.787	0.855	1.93		0.140	0.825	1.90		0.509	0.280	0.697	0.891	0.531

	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	[-]	3.62
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	3.25	3.26	3.62	3.03	3.15		-0.366	0.664	2.04		0.487	0.677	0.703	0.917	0.692
Control	[-]	3.04	3.04	3.62	3.42	3.15		-0.576	0.839	2.25		0.383	0.652	0.660	0.876	0.645
Randomized	[-]	3.08	3.07	3.62	3.43	3.15		-0.540	0.832	2.53		0.403	0.633	0.608	0.895	0.634

	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	[-]	1.97
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	2.29	2.27	1.97	2.55	2.09		0.309	1.04	1.67		0.318	0.431	0.776	0.836	0.559
Control	[-]	2.02	2.01	1.97	2.48	2.09		0.0498	0.888	1.22		0.440	0.484	0.855	0.907	0.634
Randomized	[-]	2.11	2.10	1.97	2.47	2.09		0.140	0.953	1.33		0.381	0.460	0.844	0.908	0.611

	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	[-]	1.18
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.973	1.09	1.17	0.466	1.34		-0.0799	0.631	1.73		0.432	0.524	0.749	0.919	0.630
Control	[-]	0.823	0.904	1.17	0.465	1.34		-0.282	0.820	2.00		0.397	0.457	0.693	0.818	0.564
Randomized	[-]	0.879	0.964	1.17	0.488	1.34		-0.227	0.862	1.93		0.347	0.433	0.706	0.824	0.549

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	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.684	0.753		0.894	0.897	0.895
Control	[-]	0.687	0.735		0.903	0.886	0.895
Randomized	[-]	0.673	0.749		0.888	0.871	0.880

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.655	0.638		0.700	0.785	0.742
Control	[-]	0.612	0.723		0.794	0.795	0.795
Randomized	[-]	0.588	0.699		0.772	0.808	0.790

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.691	0.754		0.851	0.885	0.868
Control	[-]	0.637	0.795		0.833	0.859	0.846
Randomized	[-]	0.629	0.804		0.832	0.882	0.857

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.542	0.534		0.575	0.591	0.583
Control	[-]	0.607	0.615		0.424	0.431	0.428
Randomized	[-]	0.548	0.587		0.447	0.447	0.447

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.700	0.606		0.906	0.944	0.925
Control	[-]	0.699	0.577		0.866	0.771	0.819
Randomized	[-]	0.739	0.586		0.865	0.778	0.822

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.493	0.497		0.815	0.789	0.802
Control	[-]	0.532	0.484		0.652	0.651	0.652
Randomized	[-]	0.481	0.484		0.662	0.641	0.652

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.657	0.753		0.831	0.807	0.819
Control	[-]	0.712	0.738		0.701	0.805	0.753
Randomized	[-]	0.708	0.727		0.697	0.813	0.755

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.665	0.697		0.833	0.840	0.837
Control	[-]	0.689	0.710		0.843	0.751	0.797
Randomized	[-]	0.706	0.702		0.833	0.757	0.795

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.598	0.569		0.743	0.673	0.708
Control	[-]	0.858	0.760		0.414	0.407	0.410
Randomized	[-]	0.789	0.702		0.414	0.415	0.415

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.497	0.631		0.728	0.736	0.732
Control	[-]	0.544	0.604		0.807	0.710	0.758
Randomized	[-]	0.555	0.661		0.790	0.713	0.752

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.694	0.610		0.819	0.816	0.817
Control	[-]	0.699	0.580		0.694	0.686	0.690
Randomized	[-]	0.665	0.566		0.689	0.679	0.684

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.555	0.676		0.902	0.777	0.839
Control	[-]	0.508	0.635		0.795	0.704	0.749
Randomized	[-]	0.510	0.650		0.798	0.711	0.754

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.546	0.495		0.678	0.768	0.723
Control	[-]	0.486	0.520		0.742	0.803	0.772
Randomized	[-]	0.495	0.542		0.703	0.766	0.734

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.619	0.551		0.681	0.676	0.678
Control	[-]	0.668	0.718		0.449	0.494	0.471
Randomized	[-]	0.611	0.637		0.456	0.503	0.480

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.737	0.717		0.908	0.896	0.902
Control	[-]	0.718	0.696		0.809	0.880	0.844
Randomized	[-]	0.736	0.707		0.803	0.892	0.848

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.759	0.702		0.940	0.907	0.923
Control	[-]	0.618	0.612		0.854	0.830	0.842
Randomized	[-]	0.638	0.637		0.860	0.825	0.842

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.782	0.803		0.807	0.913	0.860
Control	[-]	0.665	0.540		0.558	0.724	0.641
Randomized	[-]	0.664	0.547		0.578	0.730	0.654

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.685	0.738		0.767	0.767	0.767
Control	[-]	0.726	0.716		0.688	0.784	0.736
Randomized	[-]	0.683	0.704		0.700	0.751	0.726

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.579	0.500		0.875	0.891	0.883
Control	[-]	0.652	0.405		0.841	0.733	0.787
Randomized	[-]	0.619	0.418		0.843	0.707	0.775

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.599	0.648		0.811	0.809	0.810
Control	[-]	0.625	0.737		0.860	0.813	0.836
Randomized	[-]	0.636	0.692		0.844	0.789	0.817

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM5_GSWP3V1	[-]	0.607	0.678		0.815	0.621	0.718
Control	[-]	0.610	0.653		0.663	0.609	0.636
Randomized	[-]	0.607	0.649		0.683	0.629	0.656

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 Relationship with Precipitation Relationship with func_Precipitation Relationship with SurfaceAirTemperature Relationship with func_SurfaceAirTemperature

  Title:

MODIS Global Terrestrial Evaportranspiration

  Version:

MOD16A2

  Institutions:

Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, University of Montana, USA

  Source:

MODIS (MOD16A2 level 4) global terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET) based on the Penman-Monteith (P-M) algorithm with MERRA meteorological forcings

  History:

2019-08-19: downloaded source from http://files.ntsg.umt.edu/data/NTSG_Products/MOD16/

2019-08-21: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-et-modisA2.py

  References:

Mu, Q.Z., M. Zhao, and S.W. Running (2011), Improvements to a MODIS global terrestrial evapotranspiration algorithm, Remote Sensing of Environment, 115, 1781-1800, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2011.02.019

  Comments:

time_period: 2000-01 through 2014-12

original_temporal_resolution: monthly

original_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

original_units: mm/month

final_temporal_resolution: monthly

final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

final_units: kg/m2/s

  Convention:

CF-1.7