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	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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.83
CRUJRA	[-]	3.47	3.46	3.02	2.83	1.57		0.602	1.14	2.85		0.103	0.260	0.515	0.921	0.412
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	3.01	2.98	2.86	2.83	1.57		0.137	1.03	2.89		0.172	0.218	0.509	0.946	0.412
GSWP3v1	[-]	2.78	2.74	2.73	2.83	1.57		-0.105	0.880	2.94		0.223	0.239	0.510	0.975	0.437
WATCH	[-]	2.80	2.79	2.50	2.83	1.57		-0.0622	0.743	3.13		0.282	0.333	0.427	0.982	0.471

	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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.03
CRUJRA	[-]	0.753	0.716	0.758	1.03	1.90		-0.311	0.844	2.54		0.324	0.323	0.454	0.894	0.463
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.615	0.589	0.533	1.03	1.90		-0.441	0.783	2.10		0.311	0.354	0.554	0.814	0.477
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.602	0.578	0.733	1.03	1.90		-0.451	0.810	2.23		0.289	0.358	0.526	0.781	0.462
WATCH	[-]	0.776	0.748	0.840	1.03	1.90		-0.280	0.800	2.52		0.343	0.347	0.459	0.907	0.480

	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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.40
CRUJRA	[-]	1.63	1.61	1.82	1.40	1.48		0.221	1.00	3.03		0.295	0.272	0.422	0.715	0.395
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	1.37	1.34	1.73	1.40	1.48		-0.0427	0.968	2.82		0.313	0.268	0.443	0.758	0.410
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.950	0.922	1.50	1.40	1.48		-0.445	0.984	2.93		0.235	0.305	0.435	0.870	0.430
WATCH	[-]	1.23	1.21	1.56	1.40	1.48		-0.177	0.850	3.12		0.317	0.328	0.415	0.891	0.456

	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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.602
CRUJRA	[-]	0.979	0.984	0.862	0.602	0.637		0.375	1.32	1.78		0.433	0.285	0.750	0.281	0.407
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	1.15	1.15	1.11	0.602	0.637		0.541	1.46	1.53		0.379	0.256	0.797	0.276	0.393
GSWP3v1	[-]	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.602	0.637		0.392	1.15	0.819		0.497	0.344	0.901	0.378	0.493
WATCH	[-]	1.26	1.26	1.16	0.602	0.637		0.655	1.48	1.02		0.384	0.258	0.894	0.355	0.430

	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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	4.00
CRUJRA	[-]	5.06	5.08	4.94	4.01	3.77		1.02	1.31	3.85		0.0846	0.254	0.331	0.957	0.376
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	5.39	5.42	5.21	4.01	3.77		1.35	1.60	3.67		0.0726	0.238	0.366	0.876	0.358
GSWP3v1	[-]	4.41	4.42	4.37	4.01	3.77		0.392	1.03	3.74		0.126	0.230	0.354	0.972	0.382
WATCH	[-]	4.04	4.02	4.13	4.01	3.77		0.0438	0.877	3.93		0.138	0.271	0.325	0.982	0.397

	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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.00
CRUJRA	[-]	2.87	2.88	2.86	2.00	1.54		0.883	1.56	1.22		0.280	0.272	0.812	0.787	0.485
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	2.75	2.76	3.15	2.00	1.54		0.768	1.63	1.10		0.252	0.307	0.825	0.596	0.457
GSWP3v1	[-]	2.05	2.05	2.62	2.00	1.54		0.0517	1.20	1.09		0.348	0.370	0.835	0.715	0.528
WATCH	[-]	1.92	1.91	2.15	2.00	1.54		-0.0881	0.981	1.15		0.472	0.387	0.816	0.962	0.605

	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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.758
CRUJRA	[-]	1.31	1.31	1.79	0.757	1.63		0.594	0.993	1.60		0.278	0.316	0.811	0.765	0.497
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	1.29	1.27	2.70	0.761	0.432		0.548	0.993	1.60		0.299	0.319	0.803	0.746	0.497
GSWP3v1	[-]	1.19	1.18	2.18	0.761	0.432		0.447	0.874	1.65		0.398	0.366	0.815	0.804	0.550
WATCH	[-]	1.31	1.30	2.03	0.761	0.432		0.558	1.02	1.54		0.418	0.362	0.819	0.835	0.559

	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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.71
CRUJRA	[-]	1.96	1.90	2.96	1.71	2.93		0.265	0.911	3.53		0.231	0.232	0.382	0.905	0.397
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	1.75	1.67	3.02	1.71	2.93		0.0575	0.884	3.25		0.212	0.221	0.428	0.926	0.401
GSWP3v1	[-]	1.72	1.63	2.73	1.71	2.93		-0.00890	0.919	3.52		0.209	0.239	0.382	0.922	0.398
WATCH	[-]	1.65	1.58	2.67	1.71	2.93		-0.0553	0.826	3.66		0.227	0.276	0.338	0.955	0.414

	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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.648
CRUJRA	[-]	1.41	1.46	1.04	0.649	0.394		0.803	1.56	1.17		0.374	0.220	0.855	0.615	0.457
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	1.61	1.68	0.935	0.649	0.394		1.02	1.92	1.27		0.293	0.184	0.839	0.449	0.390
GSWP3v1	[-]	1.26	1.31	0.798	0.649	0.394		0.655	1.33	0.997		0.446	0.292	0.871	0.634	0.507
WATCH	[-]	0.966	1.00	0.576	0.649	0.394		0.340	1.02	1.18		0.572	0.372	0.853	0.698	0.573

	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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.762
CRUJRA	[-]	1.01	0.906	2.93	0.754	2.06		0.289	0.709	2.29		0.237	0.142	0.594	0.643	0.351
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.961	0.861	2.92	0.754	2.06		0.247	0.672	2.24		0.275	0.131	0.616	0.632	0.357
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.928	0.826	2.98	0.754	2.06		0.213	0.643	2.20		0.266	0.146	0.637	0.696	0.378
WATCH	[-]	1.04	0.949	2.89	0.754	2.06		0.328	0.632	2.48		0.234	0.212	0.585	0.696	0.388

	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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.52
CRUJRA	[-]	2.86	2.83	3.15	1.52	1.36		1.33	1.75	1.14		0.181	0.207	0.847	0.725	0.433
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	3.01	2.98	3.39	1.52	1.36		1.48	1.94	1.11		0.181	0.206	0.857	0.565	0.403
GSWP3v1	[-]	2.34	2.31	2.66	1.52	1.36		0.822	1.34	1.01		0.290	0.259	0.878	0.791	0.495
WATCH	[-]	1.76	1.73	2.14	1.52	1.36		0.249	0.889	0.965		0.454	0.357	0.889	0.963	0.604

	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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.36
CRUJRA	[-]	1.70	1.86	0.657	1.35	2.08		0.544	1.06	2.11		0.203	0.271	0.625	0.851	0.444
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	1.66	1.80	0.718	1.36	1.80		0.481	1.08	2.02		0.214	0.257	0.636	0.829	0.439
GSWP3v1	[-]	1.39	1.51	0.619	1.36	1.80		0.190	0.880	2.04		0.279	0.293	0.643	0.911	0.483
WATCH	[-]	1.41	1.53	0.583	1.36	1.80		0.204	0.828	2.10		0.304	0.326	0.606	0.940	0.500

	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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.0908
CRUJRA	[-]	0.216	0.208	0.545	0.0905	0.212		0.127	0.251	1.81		0.193	0.0872	0.821	0.678	0.373
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.196	0.188	0.540	0.0904	0.233		0.108	0.233	1.78		0.207	0.0840	0.815	0.701	0.378
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.180	0.173	0.547	0.0904	0.233		0.0949	0.207	2.09		0.225	0.111	0.819	0.738	0.401
WATCH	[-]	0.183	0.175	0.529	0.0904	0.233		0.0945	0.203	1.80		0.230	0.142	0.790	0.724	0.405

	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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.650
CRUJRA	[-]	1.25	1.31	0.695	0.650	0.453		0.625	1.26	2.72		0.247	0.159	0.664	0.492	0.344
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	1.29	1.33	0.828	0.650	0.453		0.649	1.34	2.41		0.253	0.174	0.700	0.508	0.361
GSWP3v1	[-]	1.15	1.19	0.692	0.650	0.453		0.512	1.12	2.13		0.322	0.200	0.759	0.572	0.411
WATCH	[-]	0.912	0.936	0.631	0.650	0.453		0.271	0.936	2.16		0.406	0.256	0.761	0.732	0.482

	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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.08
CRUJRA	[-]	1.98	1.94	2.38	2.08	2.33		-0.000168	0.964	2.43		0.217	0.257	0.530	0.924	0.437
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	1.99	1.94	2.47	2.08	2.33		-0.00250	1.02	2.44		0.218	0.229	0.524	0.914	0.423
GSWP3v1	[-]	1.74	1.69	2.19	2.08	2.33		-0.254	0.946	2.41		0.209	0.258	0.536	0.958	0.444
WATCH	[-]	1.74	1.71	2.07	2.08	2.33		-0.250	0.872	2.64		0.251	0.299	0.498	0.964	0.462

	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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.99
CRUJRA	[-]	2.60	2.66	2.11	1.99	1.63		0.701	1.21	1.22		0.477	0.437	0.853	0.966	0.634
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	2.56	2.62	2.21	1.99	1.63		0.677	1.28	1.33		0.472	0.385	0.840	0.923	0.601
GSWP3v1	[-]	1.97	2.00	1.77	1.99	1.63		0.0511	1.05	1.12		0.515	0.465	0.873	0.945	0.653
WATCH	[-]	2.22	2.27	1.69	1.99	1.63		0.305	0.996	1.19		0.562	0.477	0.860	0.943	0.664

	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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.03
CRUJRA	[-]	3.39	3.41	2.58	2.03	2.79		1.38	1.74	1.80		0.156	0.278	0.718	0.833	0.453
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	3.65	3.66	2.86	2.03	2.79		1.64	2.01	1.85		0.146	0.261	0.699	0.715	0.416
GSWP3v1	[-]	2.78	2.80	2.09	2.03	2.79		0.777	1.34	1.55		0.304	0.313	0.765	0.830	0.505
WATCH	[-]	2.56	2.58	1.93	2.03	2.79		0.555	1.16	1.66		0.330	0.323	0.741	0.952	0.534

	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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.769
CRUJRA	[-]	0.768	0.755	4.04	0.767	2.81		0.0249	0.752	1.48		0.173	0.251	0.836	0.877	0.477
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.749	0.734	3.95	0.767	2.81		0.00110	0.737	1.44		0.178	0.249	0.823	0.875	0.475
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.706	0.703	2.76	0.767	2.81		-0.0308	0.714	1.23		0.211	0.265	0.865	0.877	0.497
WATCH	[-]	0.848	0.835	3.44	0.767	2.81		0.0954	0.818	1.34		0.185	0.252	0.845	0.873	0.482

	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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	3.88
CRUJRA	[-]	5.25	5.28	4.07	3.88	2.76		1.38	1.57	2.45		0.0562	0.314	0.632	0.970	0.457
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	5.02	5.04	4.05	3.88	2.76		1.15	1.45	2.40		0.0967	0.276	0.648	0.955	0.450
GSWP3v1	[-]	4.20	4.22	3.56	3.88	2.76		0.326	0.874	2.46		0.242	0.296	0.638	0.975	0.489
WATCH	[-]	4.37	4.39	3.44	3.88	2.76		0.497	0.927	2.86		0.154	0.332	0.545	0.952	0.463

	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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.92
CRUJRA	[-]	2.78	2.75	3.48	1.92	1.61		0.854	1.51	2.65		0.212	0.246	0.566	0.743	0.403
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	2.48	2.45	3.80	1.92	1.61		0.562	1.50	2.73		0.246	0.215	0.539	0.640	0.371
GSWP3v1	[-]	2.07	2.04	3.26	1.92	1.61		0.151	1.13	2.71		0.269	0.271	0.549	0.754	0.423
WATCH	[-]	2.21	2.18	2.98	1.92	1.61		0.279	1.08	2.70		0.286	0.316	0.553	0.854	0.465

	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]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.692
CRUJRA	[-]	1.13	1.11	1.71	0.687	1.18		0.561	0.942	2.13		0.104	0.103	0.694	0.653	0.331
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	1.18	1.17	1.64	0.687	1.18		0.625	0.985	1.96		0.110	0.0857	0.722	0.667	0.334
GSWP3v1	[-]	1.32	1.31	1.56	0.687	1.18		0.718	1.08	2.02		0.115	0.122	0.692	0.700	0.350
WATCH	[-]	1.21	1.22	1.42	0.687	1.18		0.596	0.961	2.17		0.115	0.129	0.698	0.793	0.373

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	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA	[-]	0.272		0.733	0.733
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.264		0.748	0.748
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.278		0.756	0.756
WATCH	[-]	0.256		0.844	0.844

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA	[-]	0.421		0.686	0.686
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.358		0.679	0.679
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.392		0.631	0.631
WATCH	[-]	0.410		0.777	0.777

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA	[-]	0.328		0.612	0.612
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.321		0.513	0.513
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.415		0.690	0.690
WATCH	[-]	0.358		0.815	0.815

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA	[-]	0.488		0.460	0.460
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.490		0.318	0.318
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.488		0.498	0.498
WATCH	[-]	0.493		0.422	0.422

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA	[-]	0.240		0.801	0.801
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.231		0.731	0.731
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.280		0.887	0.887
WATCH	[-]	0.287		0.903	0.903

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA	[-]	0.371		0.530	0.530
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.325		0.461	0.461
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.418		0.675	0.675
WATCH	[-]	0.343		0.840	0.840

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA	[-]	0.402		0.418	0.418
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.383		0.343	0.343
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.384		0.598	0.598
WATCH	[-]	0.387		0.624	0.624

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA	[-]	0.269		0.637	0.637
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.276		0.671	0.671
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.253		0.796	0.796
WATCH	[-]	0.256		0.771	0.771

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA	[-]	0.375		0.112	0.112
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.357		0.0679	0.0679
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.392		0.280	0.280
WATCH	[-]	0.375		0.500	0.500

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA	[-]	0.296		0.390	0.390
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.264		0.300	0.300
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.250		0.323	0.323
WATCH	[-]	0.342		0.535	0.535

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA	[-]	0.381		0.347	0.347
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.419		0.223	0.223
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.318		0.483	0.483
WATCH	[-]	0.356		0.707	0.707

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA	[-]	0.285		0.654	0.654
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.280		0.655	0.655
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.226		0.850	0.850
WATCH	[-]	0.247		0.876	0.876

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA	[-]	0.295		0.418	0.418
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.319		0.425	0.425
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.269		0.521	0.521
WATCH	[-]	0.261		0.479	0.479

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA	[-]	0.354		0.484	0.484
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.375		0.367	0.367
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.347		0.582	0.582
WATCH	[-]	0.363		0.689	0.689

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA	[-]	0.242		0.792	0.792
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.237		0.745	0.745
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.258		0.806	0.806
WATCH	[-]	0.247		0.830	0.830

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA	[-]	0.348		0.594	0.594
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.380		0.591	0.591
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.399		0.774	0.774
WATCH	[-]	0.370		0.762	0.762

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA	[-]	0.268		0.405	0.405
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.258		0.287	0.287
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.236		0.610	0.610
WATCH	[-]	0.232		0.690	0.690

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA	[-]	0.260		0.708	0.708
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.281		0.640	0.640
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.291		0.725	0.725
WATCH	[-]	0.309		0.876	0.876

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA	[-]	0.238		0.673	0.673
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.293		0.696	0.696
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.296		0.813	0.813
WATCH	[-]	0.383		0.828	0.828

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA	[-]	0.352		0.554	0.554
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.329		0.584	0.584
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.314		0.750	0.750
WATCH	[-]	0.305		0.811	0.811

	Download Data	Precipitation Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation RMSE Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CRUJRA	[-]	0.369		0.272	0.272
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.389		0.247	0.247
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.318		0.405	0.405
WATCH	[-]	0.414		0.473	0.473

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 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 Relationship with Precipitation Relationship with diff_Precipitation Relationship with func_Precipitation

  Title:

derived MODIS total leaf area index in 0.5x0.5

  Source_file:

This product is generated from monthly climatology MODIS total leaf area index observations

  Conventions:

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

  Creation_date:

Wed Mar 5 15:35:03 PST 2014

  Approach:

I simply read this variable from original hdf file, and save the data in NetCDF format.

  Temporal resolution:

monthly

  General information:

This product was derived from MODIS Climatology Leaf Area Index (LAI) from NCAR group.

  Spatial resolution:

0.5x0.5 degree

  Derived data code:

http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/convert-lai-modis.ncl