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

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Benchmark	[-]	0.140
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.174	0.174	0.151	0.161	0.0271		0.0109	0.0330	2.47		0.37	0.27	0.61	0.73	0.70	0.49
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.172	0.172	0.150	0.161	0.0271		0.00836	0.0326	2.30		0.37	0.28	0.64	0.73	0.70	0.50
WATCH	[-]	0.164	0.164	0.147	0.155	0.0293		0.00754	0.0308	2.78		0.32	0.24	0.54	0.74	0.64	0.46

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Benchmark	[-]	0.278
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.313	0.313	0.389	0.282	0.191		0.0355	0.103	1.28		0.69	0.55	0.86	0.95	0.76	0.73
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.330	0.329	0.353	0.282	0.191		0.0504	0.109	1.32		0.67	0.53	0.86	0.98	0.71	0.71
WATCH	[-]	0.322	0.322	0.370	0.278	0.208		0.0471	0.100	1.34		0.68	0.55	0.84	0.96	0.74	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]	RMSE [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	[-]	0.312
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.365	0.364	0.574	0.318	0.242		0.0644	0.132	1.50		0.63	0.56	0.81	0.83	0.79	0.70
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.370	0.369	0.555	0.318	0.242		0.0652	0.120	1.44		0.65	0.57	0.82	0.89	0.79	0.72
WATCH	[-]	0.365	0.364	0.540	0.316	0.263		0.0625	0.125	1.58		0.63	0.55	0.79	0.88	0.77	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]	RMSE [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	[-]	0.123
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.151	0.151	0.149	0.133	0.0347		0.0157	0.0376	3.97		0.32	0.25	0.32	0.45	0.72	0.39
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.147	0.147	0.147	0.133	0.0347		0.0126	0.0375	3.88		0.31	0.26	0.33	0.43	0.72	0.39
WATCH	[-]	0.149	0.149	0.146	0.138	0.0369		0.00903	0.0369	3.71		0.30	0.27	0.36	0.48	0.70	0.40

	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]	RMSE [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	[-]	0.219
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.243	0.244	0.155	0.228	0.0678		0.0127	0.0779	1.28		0.60	0.41	0.82	0.99	0.66	0.65
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.241	0.241	0.149	0.228	0.0678		0.00979	0.0719	1.31		0.62	0.43	0.82	0.98	0.69	0.66
WATCH	[-]	0.247	0.247	0.162	0.225	0.0689		0.0183	0.0772	1.50		0.56	0.38	0.79	0.99	0.60	0.62

	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]	RMSE [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	[-]	0.0886
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.138	0.138	0.140	0.111	0.0440		0.0279	0.0414	3.30		0.25	0.34	0.43	0.020	0.46	0.31
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.136	0.136	0.138	0.111	0.0440		0.0257	0.0410	3.29		0.23	0.34	0.44	0.021	0.47	0.31
WATCH	[-]	0.136	0.135	0.137	0.115	0.0484		0.0211	0.0385	3.36		0.27	0.35	0.43	0.017	0.46	0.31

	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]	RMSE [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	[-]	0.134
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.199	0.198	0.151	0.151	0.0319		0.0406	0.0717	1.71		0.48	0.32	0.74	0.96	0.68	0.59
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.198	0.198	0.150	0.151	0.0319		0.0398	0.0720	1.73		0.49	0.32	0.74	0.96	0.67	0.58
WATCH	[-]	0.199	0.199	0.147	0.149	0.0353		0.0423	0.0729	2.12		0.44	0.28	0.69	0.97	0.61	0.55

	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]	RMSE [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	[-]	0.242
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.292	0.291	0.439	0.259	0.0965		0.0305	0.0709	2.74		0.44	0.34	0.55	0.96	0.64	0.54
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.291	0.290	0.426	0.259	0.0965		0.0291	0.0684	2.70		0.44	0.35	0.56	0.96	0.64	0.55
WATCH	[-]	0.291	0.290	0.419	0.257	0.104		0.0313	0.0705	2.82		0.41	0.34	0.54	0.95	0.60	0.53

	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]	RMSE [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	[-]	0.277
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.307	0.305	0.191	0.287	0.0486		0.00985	0.0440	2.89		0.27	0.29	0.53	0.98	0.60	0.49
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.306	0.304	0.192	0.287	0.0486		0.00889	0.0445	2.85		0.27	0.27	0.53	0.98	0.62	0.49
WATCH	[-]	0.307	0.305	0.189	0.287	0.0526		0.00988	0.0447	3.02		0.26	0.29	0.50	0.99	0.55	0.48

	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]	RMSE [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	[-]	0.223
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.220	0.227	0.202	0.227	0.0599		-0.00177	0.0300	3.62		0.38	0.26	0.38	0.99	0.58	0.48
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.216	0.224	0.198	0.227	0.0599		-0.00531	0.0310	3.60		0.35	0.25	0.39	0.99	0.55	0.47
WATCH	[-]	0.214	0.221	0.194	0.227	0.0600		-0.00773	0.0320	3.32		0.33	0.29	0.44	0.99	0.52	0.47

	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]	RMSE [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	[-]	0.138
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.139	0.139	0.143	0.141	0.0439		-0.00269	0.0256	3.39		0.27	0.32	0.43	0.21	0.53	0.35
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.137	0.137	0.141	0.141	0.0439		-0.00455	0.0260	3.33		0.24	0.33	0.44	0.24	0.52	0.35
WATCH	[-]	0.136	0.136	0.137	0.144	0.0464		-0.00843	0.0278	3.57		0.21	0.34	0.40	0.14	0.49	0.32

	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]	RMSE [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	[-]	0.139
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.152	0.152	0.147	0.148	0.0465		0.00307	0.0319	3.86		0.49	0.29	0.33	0.90	0.61	0.49
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.149	0.149	0.145	0.148	0.0465		0.000749	0.0308	3.84		0.48	0.30	0.33	0.85	0.59	0.48
WATCH	[-]	0.148	0.148	0.143	0.148	0.0490		-0.000805	0.0323	3.88		0.44	0.30	0.32	0.92	0.56	0.47

	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]	RMSE [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	[-]	0.151
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.156	0.156	0.176	0.153	0.0506		0.00346	0.0272	3.42		0.42	0.24	0.42	0.92	0.61	0.48
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.153	0.153	0.175	0.153	0.0506		0.000575	0.0273	3.17		0.38	0.24	0.47	0.92	0.62	0.48
WATCH	[-]	0.150	0.150	0.170	0.152	0.0538		-0.00184	0.0258	3.59		0.39	0.27	0.39	0.94	0.62	0.48

	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]	RMSE [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	[-]	0.140
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.148	0.148	0.163	0.146	0.0256		0.00288	0.0293	3.94		0.38	0.24	0.31	0.82	0.58	0.43
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.146	0.146	0.166	0.146	0.0256		0.000994	0.0290	3.98		0.36	0.24	0.31	0.79	0.60	0.42
WATCH	[-]	0.146	0.145	0.164	0.147	0.0282		-0.000484	0.0300	4.07		0.34	0.25	0.29	0.81	0.59	0.42

	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]	RMSE [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	[-]	0.178
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.195	0.195	0.169	0.179	0.0303		0.0142	0.0606	1.77		0.58	0.37	0.74	0.99	0.67	0.62
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.186	0.187	0.167	0.179	0.0303		0.00565	0.0561	1.81		0.62	0.39	0.72	0.97	0.70	0.63
WATCH	[-]	0.203	0.203	0.167	0.179	0.0354		0.0216	0.0724	1.82		0.54	0.33	0.73	0.97	0.58	0.58

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 Temporally integrated period mean rmse Temporally integrated period mean rmse score Interannual variability Interannual variability score Spatially integrated regional mean cycle Spatially integrated regional mean detrended cycle Spatially integrated regional mean

  creation_date: Mon Nov 14 11:14:09 PST 2011

  Conventions: Please contact Prof. James Randerson (Email: jranders@uci.edu) or Dr. Mingquan Mu (mmu@uci.edu) for any question

  source_file: This product is generated from MODIS 16-day CMG product (MCD43C3) in 0.05x0.05 degree

  title: Re-gridded MODIS albedo in 0.5x0.5 degree

  Approach: To obtain albedo in 0.5x0.5 resolution from MODIS MCD43C3 16-day 0.05 degree CMG dataset, I averaged all available data in each grid cell of the 0.5x0.5 resolution from the original 0.05 degree resolution. To obtain the monthly data, the data in the original 16 day temporal resolution were first interpolated to daily data, and then averaged all available data based on the calendar date of each month. Derived Data Code: http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/convert-albedo-modis.ncl

  Temporal resolution: monthly

  General information: This product was derived from MODIS MCD43C3 16-day 0.05 degree CMG dataset.

  Spatial resolution: 0.5x0.5 degree