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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.589	0.598	0.508	0.585	0.538		0.0129	1.99		0.43	0.65	0.97	0.68
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.583	0.593	0.496	0.585	0.538		0.00689	2.15		0.54	0.64	1.0	0.73
WATCH	[-]	0.585	0.595	0.525	0.584	0.536		0.0111	2.00		0.49	0.65	0.99	0.71

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.426	0.429	0.167	0.424	0.597		0.00493	0.884		0.72	0.88	0.98	0.86
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.459	0.462	0.233	0.424	0.597		0.0383	1.32		0.71	0.78	0.92	0.80
WATCH	[-]	0.504	0.506	0.261	0.422	0.598		0.0843	1.37		0.63	0.79	0.97	0.80

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.461	0.468	0.398	0.479	0.545		-0.0116	1.22		0.57	0.82	0.94	0.78
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.445	0.451	0.390	0.479	0.545		-0.0285	1.49		0.57	0.77	0.99	0.78
WATCH	[-]	0.440	0.440	0.429	0.480	0.548		-0.0392	1.46		0.57	0.77	0.98	0.77

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.531	0.538	0.475	0.436	0.453		0.100	1.39		0.46	0.84	0.51	0.60
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.502	0.506	0.470	0.436	0.461		0.0700	1.07		0.54	0.88	0.47	0.63
WATCH	[-]	0.498	0.503	0.466	0.433	0.464		0.0701	1.14		0.54	0.86	0.73	0.71

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Benchmark	[-]	0.776
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.779	0.792	0.755	0.777	0.755		0.0156	2.16		0.24	0.66	0.40	0.43
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.732	0.744	0.711	0.777	0.755		-0.0326	1.87		0.30	0.72	0.69	0.57
WATCH	[-]	0.736	0.729	0.751	0.776	0.755		-0.0460	2.09		0.24	0.67	0.74	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]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.490
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.609	0.611	0.507	0.490	0.513		0.121	1.22		0.48	0.85	0.94	0.76
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.551	0.552	0.460	0.490	0.513		0.0615	0.966		0.62	0.90	0.86	0.79
WATCH	[-]	0.548	0.548	0.467	0.490	0.512		0.0583	1.76		0.64	0.75	0.96	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	[-]	0.463
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.428	0.457	0.284	0.463	0.376		-0.00600	1.80		0.57	0.72	0.98	0.76
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.420	0.450	0.263	0.463	0.376		-0.0130	1.75		0.56	0.73	0.97	0.75
WATCH	[-]	0.421	0.449	0.282	0.463	0.373		-0.0137	1.81		0.49	0.73	0.99	0.74

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.560	0.562	0.540	0.566	0.709		-0.00431	1.51		0.58	0.79	0.99	0.79
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.590	0.597	0.541	0.566	0.709		0.0303	2.07		0.54	0.66	0.98	0.73
WATCH	[-]	0.576	0.579	0.551	0.564	0.708		0.0151	1.85		0.63	0.73	0.96	0.77

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.722	0.726	0.660	0.474	0.452		0.252	1.36		0.19	0.82	0.53	0.51
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.691	0.698	0.602	0.474	0.461		0.223	1.29		0.24	0.84	0.38	0.49
WATCH	[-]	0.677	0.682	0.619	0.473	0.458		0.209	1.64		0.28	0.77	0.37	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]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.317
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.343	0.324	0.473	0.316	0.553		0.00818	1.50		0.62	0.78	0.99	0.79
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.358	0.339	0.487	0.316	0.553		0.0232	1.26		0.61	0.80	0.99	0.80
WATCH	[-]	0.332	0.311	0.475	0.319	0.556		-0.00804	1.54		0.62	0.76	0.98	0.79

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.564	0.575	0.507	0.585	0.556		-0.00902	2.28		0.43	0.60	0.99	0.67
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.569	0.591	0.453	0.584	0.573		0.00699	2.03		0.51	0.65	0.99	0.72
WATCH	[-]	0.554	0.564	0.499	0.583	0.570		-0.0178	2.43		0.51	0.59	0.90	0.66

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.481	0.527	0.302	0.496	0.559		0.0314	1.72		0.48	0.73	0.97	0.73
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.478	0.523	0.314	0.495	0.590		0.0272	1.71		0.51	0.73	0.98	0.74
WATCH	[-]	0.469	0.508	0.322	0.495	0.585		0.0131	1.89		0.49	0.70	0.98	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	[-]	0.251
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.114	0.273	0.0603	0.251	0.258		0.0216	3.10		0.44	0.44	0.97	0.62
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.143	0.306	0.0877	0.251	0.258		0.0542	3.03		0.40	0.44	0.96	0.60
WATCH	[-]	0.160	0.355	0.0940	0.250	0.259		0.104	3.28		0.33	0.40	0.96	0.56

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.543	0.552	0.500	0.403	0.304		0.148	1.42		0.32	0.82	0.62	0.59
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.545	0.560	0.477	0.402	0.417		0.158	1.54		0.33	0.80	0.75	0.62
WATCH	[-]	0.521	0.534	0.470	0.401	0.385		0.133	1.82		0.40	0.74	0.66	0.60

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.507	0.498	0.533	0.505	0.531		-0.00611	1.27		0.49	0.79	0.97	0.75
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.520	0.516	0.529	0.505	0.531		0.0102	1.54		0.51	0.73	0.98	0.74
WATCH	[-]	0.505	0.491	0.546	0.503	0.530		-0.0117	1.63		0.52	0.70	0.99	0.73

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.635	0.636	0.634	0.631	0.608		0.00574	2.06		0.69	0.71	1.0	0.80
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.625	0.627	0.622	0.631	0.608		-0.00369	1.49		0.67	0.81	0.97	0.82
WATCH	[-]	0.565	0.564	0.577	0.632	0.609		-0.0669	1.56		0.54	0.80	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	[-]	0.473
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.584	0.588	0.542	0.472	0.514		0.116	1.41		0.46	0.81	0.99	0.76
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.547	0.551	0.508	0.472	0.514		0.0793	1.28		0.52	0.84	0.99	0.78
WATCH	[-]	0.489	0.490	0.484	0.473	0.514		0.0181	1.58		0.58	0.79	0.97	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	[-]	0.356
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.388	0.391	0.403	0.356	0.518		0.0346	1.86		0.50	0.71	0.98	0.73
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.368	0.374	0.359	0.356	0.518		0.0187	1.73		0.49	0.75	0.99	0.74
WATCH	[-]	0.372	0.375	0.373	0.357	0.521		0.0175	1.83		0.48	0.73	0.96	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	[-]	0.748
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.750	0.753	0.657	0.748	0.679		0.00465	2.71		0.34	0.55	0.80	0.56
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.744	0.749	0.626	0.748	0.679		4.92e-05	2.58		0.35	0.58	0.80	0.58
WATCH	[-]	0.688	0.687	0.691	0.748	0.681		-0.0606	2.79		0.26	0.53	0.86	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]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.631
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.608	0.604	0.636	0.631	0.630		-0.0267	2.15		0.47	0.66	0.73	0.62
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.603	0.600	0.618	0.631	0.630		-0.0304	2.21		0.56	0.64	0.85	0.68
WATCH	[-]	0.606	0.602	0.625	0.632	0.629		-0.0292	2.45		0.53	0.61	0.86	0.66

	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
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.284	0.310	0.181	0.344	0.540		-0.0327	1.25		0.34	0.82	0.92	0.69
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.312	0.348	0.167	0.344	0.540		0.00626	1.28		0.32	0.81	0.88	0.67
WATCH	[-]	0.245	0.267	0.149	0.344	0.539		-0.0770	1.77		0.30	0.73	0.97	0.67

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