Australia Boreal Asia Boreal North America Central America Central Asia Equatorial Asia Europe Globe Middle East Northern Hemisphere Africa Northern Hemisphere South America Southeast Asia Southern Hemisphere Africa Southern Hemisphere South America Temperate North America

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.312
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.328	0.304	0.491	0.307	0.537		-0.00246	1.49		0.62	0.78	0.99	0.79
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.348	0.323	0.516	0.307	0.537		0.0165	1.22		0.61	0.81	0.97	0.80
WATCH	[-]	0.327	0.299	0.518	0.311	0.540		-0.0112	1.52		0.61	0.76	0.98	0.78

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Benchmark	[-]	0.449
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.615	0.618	0.550	0.452	0.475		0.166	1.31		0.37	0.83	0.86	0.69
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.539	0.541	0.504	0.452	0.480		0.0885	1.08		0.53	0.88	0.68	0.69
WATCH	[-]	0.558	0.558	0.547	0.450	0.482		0.108	1.71		0.52	0.74	0.84	0.70

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Benchmark	[-]	0.408
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.547	0.554	0.505	0.409	0.359		0.144	1.42		0.35	0.82	0.73	0.63
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.523	0.531	0.486	0.408	0.465		0.123	1.44		0.43	0.81	0.86	0.70
WATCH	[-]	0.506	0.509	0.487	0.407	0.444		0.101	1.74		0.49	0.76	0.75	0.67

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Benchmark	[-]	0.512
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.511	0.503	0.547	0.514	0.523		-0.0109	1.21		0.50	0.79	0.97	0.76
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.527	0.525	0.541	0.514	0.523		0.0106	1.51		0.53	0.74	0.98	0.75
WATCH	[-]	0.503	0.495	0.542	0.513	0.523		-0.0181	1.65		0.49	0.70	0.99	0.72

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.398
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.365	0.390	0.243	0.398	0.384		-0.00820	2.12		0.51	0.67	0.98	0.72
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.354	0.378	0.234	0.398	0.384		-0.0198	1.99		0.57	0.69	0.98	0.75
WATCH	[-]	0.380	0.405	0.254	0.397	0.381		0.00792	2.10		0.54	0.68	0.99	0.74

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Benchmark	[-]	0.776
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.769	0.788	0.736	0.778	0.756		0.0110	2.16		0.25	0.66	0.38	0.43
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.729	0.743	0.704	0.778	0.756		-0.0346	1.87		0.30	0.72	0.64	0.55
WATCH	[-]	0.739	0.736	0.745	0.777	0.755		-0.0410	2.05		0.26	0.68	0.71	0.55

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Benchmark	[-]	0.585
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.551	0.563	0.506	0.587	0.562		-0.0239	2.37		0.39	0.59	0.98	0.65
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.556	0.579	0.465	0.587	0.562		-0.00779	2.17		0.48	0.63	0.99	0.70
WATCH	[-]	0.544	0.553	0.510	0.585	0.560		-0.0315	2.55		0.48	0.57	0.78	0.61

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.487
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.469	0.511	0.305	0.486	0.562		0.0252	1.72		0.47	0.72	0.97	0.72
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.461	0.501	0.318	0.486	0.593		0.0148	1.71		0.51	0.73	0.98	0.74
WATCH	[-]	0.460	0.496	0.325	0.486	0.589		0.0104	1.89		0.48	0.69	0.98	0.72

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Benchmark	[-]	0.305
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.147	0.314	0.0843	0.305	0.374		0.0102	3.21		0.52	0.45	0.94	0.63
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.165	0.335	0.100	0.305	0.374		0.0313	3.11		0.50	0.45	0.95	0.63
WATCH	[-]	0.178	0.371	0.105	0.304	0.372		0.0685	3.33		0.44	0.41	0.95	0.60

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Benchmark	[-]	0.438
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.365	0.432	0.0970	0.440	0.532		-0.00824	1.20		0.64	0.80	0.99	0.81
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.399	0.462	0.145	0.440	0.532		0.0219	1.46		0.66	0.76	0.99	0.80
WATCH	[-]	0.440	0.510	0.157	0.438	0.533		0.0723	1.47		0.58	0.77	0.99	0.78

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.729
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.739	0.745	0.663	0.731	0.669		0.0140	2.11		0.38	0.66	0.82	0.62
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.719	0.725	0.641	0.731	0.669		-0.00721	2.23		0.44	0.65	0.85	0.65
WATCH	[-]	0.695	0.696	0.692	0.729	0.665		-0.0342	1.69		0.38	0.74	0.99	0.70

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.570
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.573	0.565	0.628	0.573	0.727		-0.00819	1.19		0.57	0.84	0.99	0.80
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.592	0.588	0.622	0.573	0.727		0.0140	1.73		0.53	0.72	0.99	0.75
WATCH	[-]	0.567	0.557	0.632	0.571	0.726		-0.0141	1.58		0.54	0.77	0.97	0.76

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.490
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.469	0.482	0.385	0.489	0.543		-0.00667	1.36		0.51	0.78	0.93	0.74
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.459	0.471	0.383	0.489	0.543		-0.0188	1.71		0.55	0.71	0.98	0.75
WATCH	[-]	0.452	0.459	0.427	0.490	0.546		-0.0309	1.66		0.55	0.71	0.98	0.75

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.626
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.583	0.601	0.410	0.626	0.585		-0.0249	2.31		0.39	0.60	0.97	0.65
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.591	0.610	0.393	0.626	0.585		-0.0147	2.25		0.41	0.61	0.98	0.67
WATCH	[-]	0.552	0.569	0.391	0.626	0.583		-0.0575	2.67		0.33	0.53	0.99	0.62

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Benchmark	[-]	0.472
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.497	0.494	0.551	0.471	0.545		0.0225	1.91		0.60	0.72	0.99	0.77
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.455	0.452	0.517	0.471	0.545		-0.0185	1.52		0.58	0.81	0.98	0.79
WATCH	[-]	0.441	0.437	0.506	0.472	0.547		-0.0342	1.68		0.51	0.78	0.91	0.73

Australia Boreal Asia Boreal North America Central America Central Asia Equatorial Asia Europe Globe Middle East Northern Hemisphere Africa Northern Hemisphere South America Southeast Asia Southern Hemisphere Africa Southern Hemisphere South America Temperate North America 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 Spatially integrated regional mean cycle Spatially integrated regional mean detrended cycle Spatially integrated regional mean

  Approach: I read variables latent heat (le) and sensible heat (sh) from monthly original data files from 1982 until 2008, then I calculated annual mean for both variables, and I further calculated evaporative fraction (le/(le+sh)) using annual mean for both le and sh I saved the data in NetCDF format.

  Temporal resolution: climatology

  General information: This product was derived originally from Monthly estimates of global biosphere-atmosphere fluxes from Biogeochemistry group at Max Planck Institute in Jena, Germany.

  Spatial resolution: 0.5x0.5 degree

  Derived data code: http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/convert-EvapFrac-GBAF.ncl