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 Globe 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]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.49
Calib	[-]	2.15	2.19	1.48	2.49	2.68		-0.307	0.863	2.66		0.433	0.318	0.546	0.953	0.626	0.532
Control	[-]	2.59	2.64	1.74	2.49	2.68		0.141	0.873	2.90		0.510	0.289	0.508	0.984	0.629	0.535

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.21
Calib	[-]	1.53	1.54	0.558	1.20	2.59		0.331	0.914	0.918		0.597	0.490	0.828	0.869	0.714	0.665
Control	[-]	1.86	1.87	0.732	1.20	2.59		0.665	1.12	1.12		0.567	0.467	0.789	0.902	0.710	0.650

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.67
Calib	[-]	1.59	1.59	1.56	1.67	2.05		-0.0702	0.764	1.20		0.643	0.523	0.827	0.922	0.726	0.694
Control	[-]	1.96	1.97	1.78	1.67	2.05		0.305	0.851	1.33		0.619	0.508	0.799	0.966	0.710	0.685

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.851
Calib	[-]	0.492	0.499	0.380	0.851	1.06		-0.355	0.543	0.383		0.643	0.623	0.977	0.954	0.769	0.765
Control	[-]	0.505	0.513	0.393	0.851	1.06		-0.341	0.545	0.322		0.655	0.624	0.981	0.932	0.818	0.773

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	3.76
Calib	[-]	3.24	3.22	3.35	3.75	3.91		-0.502	0.697	2.57		0.315	0.334	0.582	0.996	0.711	0.546
Control	[-]	3.65	3.63	3.74	3.75	3.91		-0.0982	0.500	2.33		0.578	0.335	0.626	0.997	0.753	0.604

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.12
Calib	[-]	0.869	0.868	0.877	1.12	1.40		-0.246	0.532	0.638		0.784	0.636	0.956	0.962	0.635	0.768
Control	[-]	0.887	0.886	0.838	1.12	1.40		-0.230	0.501	0.595		0.792	0.655	0.959	0.983	0.739	0.797

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.17
Calib	[-]	0.802	0.899	0.363	1.18	0.658		-0.265	0.626	1.18		0.615	0.517	0.910	0.909	0.758	0.704
Control	[-]	0.901	1.01	0.420	1.18	0.658		-0.158	0.668	1.23		0.631	0.491	0.904	0.896	0.774	0.698

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.11
Calib	[-]	1.95	2.02	1.39	2.11	3.39		-0.0247	0.894	1.75		0.498	0.418	0.715	0.854	0.734	0.606
Control	[-]	2.25	2.33	1.61	2.11	3.39		0.284	0.966	1.81		0.510	0.401	0.691	0.893	0.726	0.604

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.785
Calib	[-]	0.516	0.549	0.265	0.785	0.741		-0.239	0.565	0.521		0.740	0.536	0.966	0.943	0.605	0.721
Control	[-]	0.528	0.560	0.288	0.785	0.741		-0.229	0.573	0.478		0.749	0.532	0.969	0.964	0.655	0.734

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.787
Calib	[-]	0.958	0.923	1.63	0.779	2.20		0.181	0.498	1.74		0.612	0.509	0.861	0.935	0.703	0.688
Control	[-]	1.19	1.15	1.88	0.779	2.20		0.408	0.651	1.92		0.509	0.482	0.847	0.953	0.701	0.662

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.32
Calib	[-]	1.16	1.16	1.14	1.31	1.43		-0.150	0.447	0.352		0.773	0.656	0.976	0.992	0.800	0.809
Control	[-]	1.20	1.21	1.16	1.31	1.43		-0.103	0.466	0.373		0.782	0.642	0.974	0.970	0.826	0.806

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.56
Calib	[-]	1.07	1.38	0.267	1.56	2.29		-0.163	0.682	1.21		0.537	0.468	0.816	0.961	0.712	0.660
Control	[-]	1.24	1.58	0.311	1.56	2.29		0.0416	0.711	1.26		0.596	0.454	0.809	0.977	0.730	0.670

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.603
Calib	[-]	0.236	0.671	0.130	0.603	0.485		0.0772	0.563	1.85		0.594	0.291	0.804	0.940	0.741	0.610
Control	[-]	0.295	0.792	0.174	0.603	0.485		0.199	0.629	1.89		0.543	0.272	0.804	0.948	0.749	0.598

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.876
Calib	[-]	0.461	0.542	0.252	0.875	1.04		-0.337	0.528	0.500		0.635	0.603	0.968	0.982	0.686	0.746
Control	[-]	0.498	0.581	0.283	0.875	1.04		-0.298	0.542	0.562		0.668	0.587	0.963	0.980	0.679	0.744

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.12
Calib	[-]	1.78	1.78	1.89	2.12	2.78		-0.250	0.674	1.28		0.498	0.413	0.801	0.952	0.627	0.617
Control	[-]	2.12	2.11	2.23	2.12	2.78		0.0938	0.670	1.22		0.570	0.404	0.814	0.975	0.650	0.636

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.88
Calib	[-]	1.71	1.71	1.76	1.88	2.11		-0.147	0.528	0.323		0.818	0.669	0.974	0.996	0.809	0.823
Control	[-]	1.84	1.85	1.85	1.88	2.11		-0.00757	0.546	0.335		0.839	0.655	0.969	0.992	0.827	0.823

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.14
Calib	[-]	0.981	0.976	1.14	1.14	1.29		-0.154	0.470	0.273		0.813	0.619	0.983	0.975	0.665	0.779
Control	[-]	1.00	1.00	1.10	1.14	1.29		-0.134	0.491	0.0848		0.813	0.618	0.994	0.987	0.728	0.793

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.787
Calib	[-]	0.755	0.765	0.868	0.786	1.92		-0.0124	0.578	1.60		0.621	0.289	0.833	0.968	0.748	0.625
Control	[-]	0.883	0.898	0.919	0.786	1.92		0.119	0.681	1.69		0.593	0.261	0.823	0.958	0.787	0.614

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	3.61
Calib	[-]	2.92	2.92	2.71	3.61	3.16		-0.694	0.968	1.85		0.246	0.343	0.750	0.915	0.713	0.552
Control	[-]	3.37	3.37	3.13	3.61	3.16		-0.249	0.724	1.77		0.487	0.329	0.763	0.954	0.744	0.601

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.96
Calib	[-]	2.01	2.00	2.22	1.96	2.09		0.0450	0.997	1.18		0.550	0.477	0.855	0.877	0.720	0.659
Control	[-]	2.34	2.33	2.54	1.96	2.09		0.372	1.11	1.34		0.530	0.461	0.823	0.870	0.710	0.642

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [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]	Interannual Variability Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.17
Calib	[-]	0.738	0.835	0.336	1.17	1.34		-0.336	0.649	1.86		0.415	0.463	0.777	0.869	0.651	0.606
Control	[-]	0.854	0.963	0.397	1.17	1.34		-0.213	0.645	1.88		0.462	0.452	0.776	0.917	0.643	0.617

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 Globe 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 Interannual variability Interannual variability 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:

derived MODIS ET in 0.5x0.5

  Source_file:

This product is generated from monthly MODIS ET in 0.5x0.5 observations

  Conventions:

Please contact Prof. James Randerson (Email: jranders@uci.edu) or Dr. Mingquan Mu (mmu@uci.edu) for any question

  Creation_date:

Fri May 16 15:29:34 PDT 2014

  Approach:

I used gdal tool to convert the original tif file to netcdf file. Meanwhile I also converted the original unit to the standard one (Kg/m2/mon --> Kg/m2/s) and saved the final file in netcdf format. Derived Data Code: http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/convert-et-modis.ncl

  Temporal resolution:

monthly

  General information:

This product was derived from MODIS MOD16A2 monthly 0.5 degree CMG dataset.

  Spatial resolution:

0.5x0.5 degree