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	[-]	3.65
default	[-]	3.40	3.13	3.65	1.42	0.432		0.100	2.19	1.85		0.558	0.328	0.715	0.974	0.581
handtune0011	[-]	3.43	3.16	3.66	1.33	0.427		0.104	2.19	1.89		0.557	0.329	0.707	0.973	0.579

	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	[-]	2.30
default	[-]	2.80	2.89	2.30	7.42	7.42		0.0307	1.94	1.58		0.539	0.379	0.738	0.981	0.603
handtune0011	[-]	2.81	2.90	2.30	7.53	7.46		0.0277	1.94	1.61		0.539	0.382	0.736	0.981	0.604

	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	[-]	2.35
default	[-]	2.40	2.48	2.36	1.57	2.19		-0.00127	1.30	1.20		0.583	0.503	0.838	0.977	0.681
handtune0011	[-]	2.40	2.48	2.35	1.59	2.18		0.000946	1.28	1.22		0.588	0.509	0.838	0.978	0.684

	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	[-]	0.929
default	[-]	1.05	1.02	0.929	1.39	1.21		0.169	0.418	1.23		0.564	0.627	0.840	0.871	0.706
handtune0011	[-]	1.04	1.02	0.926	1.40	1.21		0.169	0.416	1.14		0.568	0.629	0.854	0.874	0.711

	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	[-]	7.69
default	[-]	9.27	9.29	7.76	5.31	7.58		-0.561	3.59	2.57		0.426	0.337	0.596	0.979	0.535
handtune0011	[-]	9.17	9.18	7.70	5.19	7.53		-0.562	3.59	2.50		0.422	0.337	0.605	0.978	0.536

	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	[-]	1.39
default	[-]	1.51	1.54	1.39	1.64	2.12		0.0752	0.348	0.642		0.696	0.703	0.941	0.980	0.805
handtune0011	[-]	1.50	1.53	1.39	1.63	2.14		0.0735	0.347	0.517		0.696	0.705	0.955	0.980	0.808

	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	[-]	1.48
default	[-]	1.46	1.55	1.47	2.94	4.92		0.0539	0.667	0.946		0.613	0.608	0.879	0.973	0.736
handtune0011	[-]	1.47	1.55	1.47	2.95	4.92		0.0552	0.663	0.913		0.615	0.612	0.883	0.973	0.739

	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	[-]	4.00
default	[-]	4.46	4.13	4.00	6.42	5.73		-0.221	2.65	1.56		0.476	0.348	0.772	0.952	0.579
handtune0011	[-]	4.44	4.12	3.99	6.39	5.72		-0.232	2.64	1.58		0.478	0.352	0.770	0.951	0.581

	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	[-]	1.02
default	[-]	1.44	1.44	1.02	1.56	0.741		0.227	0.393	1.07		0.502	0.699	0.853	0.912	0.733
handtune0011	[-]	1.44	1.43	1.02	1.57	0.738		0.227	0.389	1.12		0.503	0.700	0.854	0.915	0.734

	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	[-]	1.57
default	[-]	1.97	1.86	1.56	3.39	2.80		-0.108	0.849	1.24		0.592	0.561	0.819	0.949	0.696
handtune0011	[-]	1.96	1.85	1.56	3.38	2.79		-0.110	0.854	1.24		0.588	0.558	0.821	0.948	0.695

	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	[-]	2.15
default	[-]	2.40	2.46	2.15	2.03	3.10		-0.0178	0.752	1.17		0.499	0.605	0.838	0.962	0.702
handtune0011	[-]	2.41	2.47	2.15	2.03	3.11		-0.0131	0.748	1.20		0.497	0.608	0.832	0.963	0.702

	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	[-]	2.26
default	[-]	2.47	2.43	2.25	3.06	4.52		-0.00631	1.18	1.47		0.575	0.548	0.783	0.967	0.684
handtune0011	[-]	2.46	2.43	2.25	3.06	4.52		-0.00835	1.18	1.46		0.574	0.550	0.784	0.967	0.685

	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	[-]	0.392
default	[-]	0.439	0.413	0.389	0.379	0.788		-0.0232	0.314	1.82		0.703	0.732	0.716	0.936	0.764
handtune0011	[-]	0.445	0.418	0.391	0.380	0.790		-0.0225	0.316	1.86		0.697	0.731	0.708	0.936	0.761

	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	[-]	1.08
default	[-]	1.30	1.36	1.07	2.42	1.84		0.144	0.439	0.776		0.558	0.669	0.905	0.950	0.750
handtune0011	[-]	1.31	1.37	1.07	2.43	1.84		0.145	0.437	0.722		0.559	0.673	0.916	0.950	0.754

	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	[-]	3.22
default	[-]	4.07	4.22	3.14	3.09	7.23		-0.226	2.65	3.08		0.460	0.212	0.480	0.940	0.461
handtune0011	[-]	4.08	4.23	3.15	3.10	7.29		-0.252	2.64	3.22		0.453	0.214	0.459	0.935	0.455

	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	[-]	2.94
default	[-]	2.89	2.88	2.95	3.90	3.59		0.100	0.769	1.64		0.558	0.580	0.751	0.992	0.692
handtune0011	[-]	2.88	2.87	2.93	3.88	3.57		0.104	0.763	1.60		0.560	0.586	0.757	0.992	0.696

	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	[-]	2.22
default	[-]	2.79	2.58	2.19	3.89	6.40		0.0470	0.723	1.13		0.535	0.609	0.844	0.952	0.710
handtune0011	[-]	2.79	2.58	2.19	3.92	6.38		0.0468	0.715	1.12		0.537	0.616	0.846	0.953	0.714

	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	[-]	1.26
default	[-]	1.62	1.64	1.25	2.69	0.951		0.0208	0.770	2.35		0.525	0.520	0.619	0.917	0.620
handtune0011	[-]	1.62	1.64	1.26	2.70	0.956		0.0147	0.771	2.36		0.523	0.518	0.620	0.915	0.619

	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	[-]	6.13
default	[-]	6.87	6.86	6.14	6.68	4.82		-0.124	3.21	2.06		0.570	0.356	0.685	0.979	0.589
handtune0011	[-]	6.86	6.85	6.14	6.63	4.83		-0.148	3.20	2.08		0.568	0.358	0.683	0.979	0.589

	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	[-]	3.28
default	[-]	3.23	3.27	3.27	2.62	4.50		-0.189	1.39	1.64		0.625	0.524	0.754	0.986	0.683
handtune0011	[-]	3.23	3.27	3.28	2.60	4.49		-0.184	1.38	1.63		0.628	0.528	0.757	0.987	0.686

	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	[-]	1.58
default	[-]	1.01	1.02	1.54	0.735	4.58		0.185	1.43	2.15		0.409	0.420	0.658	0.926	0.567
handtune0011	[-]	1.02	1.03	1.54	0.742	4.59		0.185	1.44	2.11		0.406	0.422	0.668	0.925	0.569

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

  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