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	[-]	2.52
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	2.73	2.66		2.82	2.49		-0.165	0.756	2.57		0.432	0.285	0.506	0.923	0.644	0.513

	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	[-]	1.18
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	2.04	2.00		1.23	1.18		0.771	1.30	1.41		0.542	0.396	0.731	0.773	0.736	0.596

	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	[-]	1.72
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	1.75	1.76	2.44	1.79	1.71		-0.0403	1.03	1.66		0.595	0.421	0.739	0.771	0.682	0.605

	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	[-]	0.852
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.734	0.744		0.879	0.851		-0.134	0.542	0.362		0.855	0.542	0.977	0.436	0.598	0.658

	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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	3.20	3.20		3.57	3.77		-0.368	0.538	1.66		0.338	0.367	0.765	0.689	0.642	0.528

	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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.912	0.919	0.939	1.12	1.12		-0.198	0.459	0.382		0.818	0.676	0.974	0.977	0.805	0.821

	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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.878	0.947	0.547	1.12	1.18		-0.184	0.705	1.55		0.583	0.439	0.867	0.848	0.723	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	[-]	2.11
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	1.69	1.74	0.570	1.88	2.13		-0.134	0.863	1.89		0.586	0.392	0.674	0.955	0.716	0.619

	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	[-]	0.783
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.819	0.788		0.957	0.778		-0.171	0.477	0.291		0.838	0.628	0.982	0.907	0.754	0.789

	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	[-]	0.775
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	1.09	1.08	2.25	0.575	0.794		0.508	0.776	2.50		0.392	0.385	0.780	0.954	0.654	0.592

	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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	1.32	1.33	1.57	1.35	1.31		-0.0266	0.503	0.601		0.832	0.611	0.960	0.991	0.625	0.772

	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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	1.38	1.58	0.315	1.56	1.56		0.0175	0.773	1.48		0.546	0.422	0.778	0.962	0.711	0.640

	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	[-]	0.595
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.246	0.588	0.172	0.407	0.613		0.183	0.686	2.34		0.392	0.172	0.639	0.832	0.484	0.449

	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	[-]	0.879
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.969	0.970	1.09	1.01	0.877		-0.0584	0.544	0.354		0.804	0.528	0.979	0.982	0.374	0.699

	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	[-]	2.14
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	1.57	1.75	0.310	1.99	2.15		-0.210	0.807	1.47		0.370	0.306	0.818	0.913	0.661	0.562

	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	[-]	1.89
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	1.71	1.70	1.49	1.66	1.91		0.0398	0.636	0.538		0.846	0.590	0.963	0.949	0.726	0.777

	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	[-]	1.13
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	1.11	1.09	1.22	1.15	1.13		-0.0562	0.523	0.0810		0.835	0.591	0.995	0.942	0.693	0.774

	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	[-]	0.796
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.830	0.826	0.950	0.724	0.803		0.0967	0.700	1.92		0.476	0.186	0.788	0.940	0.610	0.531

	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	[-]	3.60
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	3.30	3.25		3.61	3.60		-0.372	0.815	2.10		0.355	0.339	0.714	0.612	0.781	0.523

	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	[-]	1.94
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	2.50	2.55		1.96	1.94		0.595	1.19	1.76		0.512	0.425	0.738	0.524	0.655	0.546

	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
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	1.26	1.13	0.231	1.20	1.17		-0.0384	0.556	1.82		0.457	0.454	0.822	0.975	0.712	0.646

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	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.552	0.447		0.914	0.851	0.882

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.461	0.478		0.546	0.665	0.606

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.472	0.410		0.828	0.797	0.812

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.473	0.462		0.909	0.820	0.865

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.00	0.599		0.876	0.852	0.864

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.452	0.373		0.837	0.819	0.828

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.300	0.380		0.764	0.705	0.735

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.538	0.519		0.870	0.688	0.779

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.494	0.482		0.908	0.945	0.926

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.524	0.561		0.641	0.634	0.637

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.401	0.462		0.866	0.905	0.885

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.297	0.300		0.900	0.890	0.895

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.387	0.460		0.499	0.479	0.489

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.415	0.506		0.902	0.873	0.887

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.627	0.575		0.863	0.959	0.911

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.443	0.481		0.864	0.922	0.893

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.343	0.376		0.881	0.936	0.909

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.378	0.423		0.740	0.768	0.754

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.539	0.470		0.895	0.927	0.911

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.597	0.512		0.752	0.745	0.749

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
HARDCODEP2000	[-]	0.520	0.543		0.563	0.522	0.542

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 Relationship with Precipitation Relationship with diff_Precipitation Relationship with func_Precipitation Relationship with SurfaceAirTemperature Relationship with diff_SurfaceAirTemperature Relationship with func_SurfaceAirTemperature

  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