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) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	27.3
default	[-]	27.3	26.2	27.2	18.4	7.09		1.16	4.99	2.50		0.450	0.425	0.604	0.995	0.580
handtune0011	[-]	27.3	26.3	27.3	17.8	7.10		1.34	4.97	2.50		0.445	0.439	0.603	0.995	0.584

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	20.4
default	[-]	23.8	23.8	20.3	26.4			1.85	6.89	1.86		0.521	0.538	0.714	0.977	0.658
handtune0011	[-]	23.2	23.2	20.4	26.4			1.14	6.79	1.87		0.526	0.538	0.712	0.982	0.659

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	20.2
default	[-]	23.5	24.1	20.2	19.9	11.3		2.60	5.44	1.08		0.467	0.615	0.857	0.979	0.706
handtune0011	[-]	23.2	23.8	20.2	19.9	11.3		2.16	5.17	1.07		0.483	0.623	0.858	0.981	0.713

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	31.2
default	[-]	46.0	42.9	31.3	61.3	30.3		10.7	16.1	0.600		0.182	0.110	0.949	0.216	0.313
handtune0011	[-]	48.8	45.6	31.2	63.5	30.4		14.0	17.7	1.06		0.149	0.104	0.867	0.248	0.294

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	34.7
default	[-]	36.4	38.5	34.7	31.7	29.2		1.41	5.02	2.38		0.285	0.351	0.613	0.992	0.518
handtune0011	[-]	36.6	38.5	34.7	31.9	29.1		1.67	5.07	2.49		0.292	0.365	0.592	0.991	0.521

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	31.8
default	[-]	42.3	42.9	31.9	46.6	29.7		9.36	13.6	0.851		0.185	0.142	0.895	0.394	0.351
handtune0011	[-]	42.4	43.0	31.8	46.5	29.7		9.99	13.8	0.575		0.172	0.138	0.936	0.441	0.365

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	23.4
default	[-]	24.3	23.8	23.4	35.1	24.2		1.54	6.15	1.77		0.291	0.523	0.728	0.895	0.592
handtune0011	[-]	24.3	23.7	23.4	35.1	24.2		1.43	5.97	1.90		0.303	0.519	0.704	0.910	0.591

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	24.7
default	[-]	28.2	27.7	24.6	28.5	26.8		1.70	5.98	1.41		0.488	0.581	0.797	0.967	0.683
handtune0011	[-]	28.0	27.4	24.7	28.6	26.7		1.46	5.89	1.40		0.493	0.586	0.797	0.965	0.685

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	33.9
default	[-]	59.4	59.5	33.9	52.8	17.3		23.6	26.2	0.715		0.0800	0.127	0.928	0.273	0.307
handtune0011	[-]	61.0	61.3	33.9	52.9	17.1		27.1	29.1	0.972		0.0431	0.150	0.888	0.323	0.310

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	15.7
default	[-]	22.1	21.5	15.7	26.7	16.9		3.12	5.05	1.12		0.382	0.668	0.828	0.959	0.701
handtune0011	[-]	21.7	21.1	15.7	26.2	16.9		2.83	4.86	1.15		0.399	0.668	0.821	0.963	0.704

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	28.5
default	[-]	36.1	37.1	28.5	32.9	24.1		7.35	9.34	0.579		0.277	0.445	0.948	0.675	0.558
handtune0011	[-]	36.0	37.0	28.5	32.8	24.2		7.15	9.28	0.560		0.289	0.432	0.949	0.673	0.555

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	23.9
default	[-]	29.9	29.4	23.9	34.9	24.3		4.58	8.22	1.42		0.333	0.453	0.794	0.698	0.546
handtune0011	[-]	30.0	29.5	23.9	35.0	24.3		4.71	8.30	1.44		0.335	0.454	0.789	0.682	0.543

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	10.4
default	[-]	14.2	13.7	10.4	18.0	6.55		2.70	3.83	1.57		0.286	0.577	0.766	0.965	0.634
handtune0011	[-]	14.1	13.7	10.4	17.9	6.54		2.65	3.81	1.63		0.289	0.581	0.756	0.966	0.635

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	30.7
default	[-]	50.2	49.8	30.7	53.6	31.1		23.4	25.9	0.724		0.0458	0.0852	0.918	0.362	0.299
handtune0011	[-]	52.4	52.0	30.7	54.3	31.1		24.9	26.8	0.802		0.0385	0.0847	0.902	0.417	0.305

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	22.1
default	[-]	30.0	30.3	22.1	29.7	28.2		1.62	7.23	3.13		0.398	0.415	0.473	0.956	0.531
handtune0011	[-]	30.1	30.4	22.1	30.1	28.3		1.54	7.22	3.28		0.399	0.414	0.449	0.954	0.526

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	30.0
default	[-]	32.0	32.1	30.1	31.9	23.9		1.26	5.63	0.826		0.403	0.554	0.914	0.804	0.646
handtune0011	[-]	31.6	31.7	30.0	31.7	23.9		0.837	5.76	0.634		0.394	0.543	0.923	0.791	0.639

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	29.5
default	[-]	41.4	41.2	29.5	37.8	33.1		11.9	15.0	0.613		0.103	0.118	0.946	0.772	0.411
handtune0011	[-]	40.9	40.9	29.5	37.8	33.1		11.4	14.6	0.535		0.101	0.113	0.945	0.853	0.425

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	21.2
default	[-]	26.3	26.3	21.2	30.0	16.8		2.42	5.96	1.31		0.427	0.579	0.823	0.821	0.646
handtune0011	[-]	25.6	25.7	21.2	29.5	16.8		2.04	5.63	1.37		0.446	0.574	0.814	0.856	0.653

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	33.9
default	[-]	35.4	35.9	33.9	28.7	26.0		0.152	5.68	1.92		0.456	0.397	0.713	0.818	0.556
handtune0011	[-]	35.8	36.4	33.9	28.8	26.0		0.520	5.75	1.90		0.436	0.399	0.717	0.798	0.550

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	26.9
default	[-]	26.3	26.3	26.9	25.6	29.4		-0.862	5.03	1.57		0.482	0.577	0.775	0.951	0.673
handtune0011	[-]	26.1	26.1	26.9	25.3	29.4		-1.00	4.96	1.46		0.486	0.578	0.791	0.952	0.677

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	19.0
default	[-]	17.6	17.4	18.9	19.3	18.8		2.28	7.08	2.19		0.380	0.465	0.649	0.826	0.557
handtune0011	[-]	17.8	17.6	19.0	19.4	18.8		2.27	7.16	2.20		0.378	0.465	0.647	0.812	0.553

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:

Observation-based global multilayer soil moisture products for 1970 to 2016

  Version:

1

  Institutions:

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Source:

Offline land surface models, reanalysis, and satellite soil moisture datasets combined using the Optimal Linear Combination technique of Hobeichi, 2018 (doi:10.5194/hess-22-1317-2018)

  History:

2021-09-14: downloaded https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-v8QmowHzZrvUHWUdmSJw5rtwfxYJnfA/view?usp=sharing

2021-09-14: selected top 10cm, converted unit from vol-% to kg m-2

  References:

Wang, Y. and Mao, J. and Jin, M. and Hoffman, F. M. and Shi, X. and Wullschleger, S. D. and Dai, Y. (2021), Development of observation-based global multilayer soil moisture products for 1970 to 2016, Earth System Science Data, 4385--4405, 10.5194/essd-13-4385-2021

  Comments:

time_period: 1970-01 through 2016-12

temporal_resolution: monthly

spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

units: kg m-2

  Convention:

CF-1.8