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Benchmark [-] 0.616
default [-] 0.635 0.639 0.616 0.546 0.0900 0.0208 3.46 0.566 0.355 0.993 0.638
handtune0011 [-] 0.599 0.600 0.616 0.521 0.0900 -0.0177 3.37 0.572 0.378 0.967 0.639
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Benchmark [-] 0.475
default [-] 0.473 0.477 0.475 0.388 0.00243 2.26 0.650 0.569 0.917 0.712
handtune0011 [-] 0.482 0.485 0.475 0.385 0.0108 2.57 0.666 0.509 0.919 0.698
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Benchmark [-] 0.460
default [-] 0.432 0.439 0.460 0.418 0.140 -0.0214 1.95 0.631 0.706 0.980 0.772
handtune0011 [-] 0.433 0.441 0.460 0.410 0.140 -0.0188 1.91 0.626 0.708 0.980 0.771
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Benchmark [-] 0.561
default [-] 0.532 0.547 0.561 0.492 -0.0146 1.44 0.624 0.829 0.688 0.714
handtune0011 [-] 0.511 0.523 0.561 0.477 -0.0378 1.69 0.626 0.786 0.743 0.718
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Benchmark [-] 0.868
default [-] 0.767 0.805 0.868 0.752 0.853 -0.0641 3.61 0.426 0.396 0.738 0.520
handtune0011 [-] 0.715 0.742 0.868 0.704 0.853 -0.127 3.33 0.243 0.443 0.867 0.518
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Benchmark [-] 0.630
default [-] 0.561 0.567 0.630 0.545 0.271 -0.0638 1.34 0.672 0.846 0.980 0.833
handtune0011 [-] 0.563 0.569 0.630 0.547 0.271 -0.0619 1.44 0.679 0.821 0.964 0.821
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Benchmark [-] 0.458
default [-] 0.448 0.429 0.458 0.573 0.697 -0.0298 2.25 0.652 0.666 0.987 0.768
handtune0011 [-] 0.438 0.420 0.458 0.553 0.697 -0.0384 2.19 0.612 0.676 0.984 0.757
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Benchmark [-] 0.578
default [-] 0.622 0.606 0.578 0.660 0.0268 1.99 0.645 0.735 0.980 0.787
handtune0011 [-] 0.577 0.555 0.578 0.628 -0.0245 2.01 0.668 0.733 0.989 0.796
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Benchmark [-] 0.610
default [-] 0.675 0.693 0.610 0.607 0.442 0.0821 0.968 0.579 0.898 0.546 0.674
handtune0011 [-] 0.648 0.662 0.610 0.586 0.442 0.0518 1.41 0.626 0.831 0.590 0.683
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Benchmark [-] 0.285
default [-] 0.344 0.310 0.285 0.450 0.151 0.0242 2.11 0.721 0.731 0.973 0.808
handtune0011 [-] 0.346 0.312 0.285 0.450 0.151 0.0262 1.66 0.717 0.789 0.979 0.829
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Benchmark [-] 0.674
default [-] 0.547 0.604 0.674 0.453 0.439 -0.0708 2.16 0.590 0.664 0.985 0.746
handtune0011 [-] 0.551 0.609 0.674 0.453 0.439 -0.0662 2.26 0.612 0.644 0.959 0.738
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Benchmark [-] 0.486
default [-] 0.491 0.482 0.486 0.518 0.476 -0.00493 2.22 0.638 0.657 0.985 0.760
handtune0011 [-] 0.479 0.470 0.486 0.503 0.476 -0.0166 2.22 0.617 0.656 0.985 0.752
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Bias Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 0.136
default [-] 0.158 0.150 0.136 0.184 0.0141 2.37 0.557 0.529 0.844 0.643
handtune0011 [-] 0.154 0.146 0.136 0.174 0.0103 2.39 0.569 0.522 0.858 0.650
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Benchmark [-] 0.495
default [-] 0.558 0.585 0.495 0.523 0.464 0.0888 1.70 0.567 0.787 0.977 0.777
handtune0011 [-] 0.550 0.576 0.495 0.516 0.464 0.0799 1.94 0.578 0.735 0.976 0.763
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Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
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Bias Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 0.501
default [-] 0.506 0.473 0.501 0.533 0.772 -0.0293 3.67 0.628 0.417 0.987 0.677
handtune0011 [-] 0.488 0.459 0.501 0.513 0.772 -0.0432 3.75 0.616 0.405 0.990 0.670
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Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
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Benchmark [-] 0.715
default [-] 0.685 0.690 0.715 0.667 -0.0253 2.06 0.805 0.696 0.945 0.815
handtune0011 [-] 0.695 0.698 0.715 0.680 -0.0170 1.98 0.807 0.712 0.836 0.785
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Benchmark [-] 0.572
default [-] 0.561 0.571 0.572 0.531 -0.00213 1.81 0.684 0.761 0.943 0.796
handtune0011 [-] 0.560 0.570 0.572 0.529 -0.00282 1.99 0.675 0.727 0.924 0.775
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Benchmark [-] 0.411
default [-] 0.378 0.377 0.411 0.389 0.284 -0.0339 2.83 0.641 0.535 0.940 0.705
handtune0011 [-] 0.375 0.374 0.411 0.395 0.284 -0.0368 2.83 0.643 0.537 0.946 0.709
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Benchmark [-] 0.789
default [-] 0.777 0.784 0.789 0.686 0.751 -0.00557 2.71 0.649 0.564 0.878 0.697
handtune0011 [-] 0.716 0.720 0.789 0.645 0.751 -0.0690 2.47 0.487 0.618 0.971 0.692
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Benchmark [-] 0.602
default [-] 0.595 0.593 0.602 0.600 -0.00773 2.35 0.672 0.622 0.877 0.724
handtune0011 [-] 0.592 0.590 0.602 0.593 -0.0109 2.39 0.675 0.613 0.890 0.726
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Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
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Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 0.279
default [-] 0.352 0.344 0.279 0.332 0.523 0.0679 2.65 0.454 0.524 0.793 0.590
handtune0011 [-] 0.341 0.334 0.279 0.319 0.523 0.0574 2.62 0.475 0.529 0.837 0.614

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Data Information

  Title:
Conserving Land-Atmosphere Synthesis Suite (CLASS) v1.1

  Version:
1.1

  Institution:
University of New South Wales

  Source:
Ground Heat Flux (GLDAS, MERRALND, MERRAFLX, NCEP_DOII, NCEP_NCAR), Sensible Heat Flux(GLDAS, MERRALND, MERRAFLX, NCEP_DOII, NCEP_NCAR, MPIBGC, Princeton), Latent Heat Flux(DOLCE1.0), Net Radiation (GLDAS, MERRALND, NCEP_DOII, NCEP_NCAR, ERAI, EBAF4.0), Precipitation(REGEN1.1), Runoff(LORA1.0), Change in Water storage(GRACE(GFZ, JPL, CSR))

  History:
2020-01-30: downloaded source from [http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2003.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2004.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2005.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2006.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2007.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2008.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2009.nc] 2020-01-30: converted to ILAMB netCDF4 with https://github.com/rubisco-sfa/ILAMB-Data/blob/master/CLASS/CLASS_to_ILAMB.py

  References:
Sanaa Hobeichi (2019), Conserving Land-Atmosphere Synthesis Suite (CLASS) v1.1, doi:10.25914/5c872258dc183

Hobeichi, Sanaa and Abramowitz, Gab and Evans, Jason (2020), Conserving Land–Atmosphere Synthesis Suite (CLASS), Journal of Climate, 5, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0036.1