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 Globe 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) [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	[-]	0.585
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.593	0.605	0.494	0.585	0.538		0.0188	1.64		0.516	0.752	0.997	0.755
CLM4SP	[-]	0.640	0.651	0.541	0.585	0.538		0.0647	1.94		0.278	0.682	0.956	0.639
CLM5SP	[-]	0.606	0.617	0.512	0.585	0.538		0.0317	1.98		0.388	0.687	0.982	0.685

	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	[-]	0.425
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.498	0.501	0.242	0.424	0.597		0.0778	1.05		0.680	0.843	0.957	0.827
CLM4SP	[-]	0.490	0.494	0.234	0.424	0.597		0.0699	1.01		0.688	0.842	0.985	0.838
CLM5SP	[-]	0.489	0.492	0.239	0.424	0.597		0.0684	1.12		0.684	0.829	0.971	0.828

	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	[-]	0.480
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.478	0.486	0.406	0.479	0.545		0.00651	1.28		0.655	0.811	0.991	0.819
CLM4SP	[-]	0.481	0.491	0.399	0.479	0.545		0.0109	1.33		0.611	0.791	0.976	0.793
CLM5SP	[-]	0.478	0.488	0.391	0.479	0.545		0.00804	1.14		0.580	0.844	0.954	0.793

	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	[-]	0.436
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.490	0.495	0.451	0.436	0.461		0.0586	1.14		0.596	0.879	0.759	0.745
CLM4SP	[-]	0.437	0.433	0.453	0.436	0.461		-0.00308	0.743		0.558	0.930	0.400	0.629
CLM5SP	[-]	0.497	0.498	0.486	0.436	0.461		0.0615	1.18		0.593	0.874	0.480	0.649

	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	[-]	0.776
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.756	0.779	0.715	0.777	0.755		0.00118	2.62		0.315	0.571	0.617	0.501
CLM4SP	[-]	0.849	0.883	0.790	0.777	0.755		0.105	2.73		0.113	0.555	0.453	0.373
CLM5SP	[-]	0.774	0.792	0.743	0.777	0.755		0.0144	2.08		0.291	0.675	0.567	0.511

	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
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.512	0.511	0.478	0.490	0.513		0.0206	1.29		0.748	0.852	0.933	0.845
CLM4SP	[-]	0.422	0.418	0.477	0.490	0.513		-0.0723	0.977		0.594	0.901	0.896	0.797
CLM5SP	[-]	0.534	0.535	0.454	0.490	0.513		0.0447	1.59		0.628	0.795	0.820	0.748

	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	[-]	0.463
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.442	0.473	0.280	0.463	0.376		0.0101	1.76		0.594	0.746	0.975	0.772
CLM4SP	[-]	0.415	0.445	0.256	0.463	0.376		-0.0180	1.63		0.580	0.770	0.981	0.777
CLM5SP	[-]	0.403	0.431	0.257	0.463	0.376		-0.0318	1.76		0.564	0.728	0.971	0.754

	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	[-]	0.567
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.579	0.584	0.540	0.566	0.709		0.0176	1.60		0.608	0.767	0.969	0.782
CLM4SP	[-]	0.580	0.587	0.536	0.566	0.709		0.0204	1.55		0.608	0.773	0.992	0.791
CLM5SP	[-]	0.596	0.604	0.550	0.566	0.709		0.0370	1.57		0.543	0.770	0.991	0.768

	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	[-]	0.474
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.557	0.560	0.517	0.474	0.459		0.0862	1.36		0.538	0.824	0.599	0.654
CLM4SP	[-]	0.503	0.501	0.509	0.474	0.462		0.0257	0.745		0.610	0.927	0.290	0.609
CLM5SP	[-]	0.675	0.681	0.590	0.474	0.461		0.206	1.67		0.278	0.778	0.284	0.447

	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	[-]	0.317
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.364	0.348	0.469	0.316	0.553		0.0329	0.735		0.584	0.893	0.967	0.815
CLM4SP	[-]	0.348	0.331	0.462	0.316	0.553		0.0157	0.729		0.631	0.891	0.981	0.834
CLM5SP	[-]	0.350	0.332	0.470	0.316	0.553		0.0165	0.893		0.611	0.879	0.983	0.824

	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	[-]	0.584
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.566	0.583	0.470	0.584	0.571		-0.000734	1.93		0.570	0.695	0.994	0.753
CLM4SP	[-]	0.515	0.530	0.434	0.585	0.563		-0.0542	1.46		0.508	0.768	0.995	0.757
CLM5SP	[-]	0.568	0.590	0.447	0.584	0.573		0.00574	2.27		0.525	0.636	0.960	0.707

	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	[-]	0.496
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.485	0.530	0.325	0.495	0.589		0.0344	1.61		0.555	0.747	0.989	0.764
CLM4SP	[-]	0.467	0.508	0.312	0.495	0.601		0.0127	1.43		0.503	0.778	0.969	0.750
CLM5SP	[-]	0.476	0.522	0.312	0.495	0.592		0.0263	1.70		0.507	0.737	0.971	0.738

	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	[-]	0.251
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.143	0.303	0.0892	0.251	0.258		0.0518	2.03		0.404	0.638	0.962	0.668
CLM4SP	[-]	0.139	0.306	0.0825	0.251	0.258		0.0550	1.94		0.384	0.664	0.957	0.669
CLM5SP	[-]	0.133	0.275	0.0855	0.251	0.258		0.0238	2.67		0.466	0.517	0.965	0.649

	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	[-]	0.402
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.562	0.561	0.564	0.402	0.410		0.158	1.71		0.391	0.756	0.872	0.673
CLM4SP	[-]	0.466	0.446	0.549	0.402	0.415		0.0438	1.00		0.513	0.894	0.656	0.688
CLM5SP	[-]	0.523	0.534	0.468	0.402	0.417		0.132	2.25		0.410	0.653	0.740	0.601

	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	[-]	0.505
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.534	0.535	0.527	0.505	0.531		0.0293	1.40		0.478	0.756	0.983	0.739
CLM4SP	[-]	0.547	0.546	0.546	0.505	0.531		0.0397	1.41		0.460	0.759	0.992	0.737
CLM5SP	[-]	0.530	0.526	0.538	0.505	0.531		0.0209	1.02		0.465	0.846	0.992	0.768

	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	[-]	0.631
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.682	0.684	0.670	0.631	0.608		0.0533	1.22		0.663	0.851	0.998	0.837
CLM4SP	[-]	0.641	0.640	0.655	0.631	0.608		0.00943	1.22		0.720	0.851	0.909	0.827
CLM5SP	[-]	0.615	0.618	0.602	0.631	0.608		-0.0121	0.941		0.644	0.887	0.922	0.818

	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	[-]	0.473
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.557	0.559	0.547	0.472	0.514		0.0864	1.82		0.543	0.756	0.988	0.762
CLM4SP	[-]	0.435	0.432	0.513	0.472	0.514		-0.0386	1.39		0.554	0.828	0.813	0.732
CLM5SP	[-]	0.520	0.524	0.494	0.472	0.514		0.0520	2.05		0.600	0.706	0.992	0.766

	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	[-]	0.356
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.407	0.413	0.360	0.356	0.518		0.0579	1.62		0.392	0.749	0.984	0.709
CLM4SP	[-]	0.395	0.401	0.330	0.356	0.518		0.0463	1.48		0.406	0.769	0.979	0.718
CLM5SP	[-]	0.342	0.347	0.350	0.356	0.518		-0.00835	1.66		0.528	0.767	0.937	0.744

	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	[-]	0.748
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.751	0.756	0.610	0.748	0.679		0.00757	2.71		0.387	0.560	0.806	0.584
CLM4SP	[-]	0.819	0.825	0.649	0.748	0.770		0.0770	2.34		0.166	0.643	0.620	0.476
CLM5SP	[-]	0.784	0.788	0.647	0.748	0.730		0.0395	2.68		0.280	0.568	0.722	0.523

	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	[-]	0.631
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.619	0.617	0.620	0.631	0.630		-0.0137	1.92		0.643	0.686	0.936	0.755
CLM4SP	[-]	0.614	0.611	0.630	0.631	0.630		-0.0194	1.75		0.613	0.724	0.894	0.744
CLM5SP	[-]	0.606	0.605	0.605	0.631	0.630		-0.0256	1.72		0.550	0.727	0.774	0.684

	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	[-]	0.346
CLM4.5SP	[-]	0.316	0.353	0.156	0.344	0.540		0.0110	1.49		0.340	0.759	0.920	0.673
CLM4SP	[-]	0.320	0.359	0.162	0.344	0.540		0.0169	1.47		0.322	0.755	0.868	0.648
CLM5SP	[-]	0.273	0.307	0.132	0.344	0.540		-0.0342	1.58		0.349	0.747	0.932	0.676

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 Globe 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 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