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	[-]	0.639	0.650	0.549	0.585	0.538		0.0646	2.60		0.263	0.532	0.942	0.579
CLM4.5	[-]	0.587	0.597	0.509	0.585	0.538		0.0118	1.76		0.491	0.726	0.987	0.735
CLM5	[-]	0.589	0.598	0.508	0.585	0.538		0.0129	1.99		0.427	0.651	0.971	0.683

	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	[-]	0.466	0.469	0.182	0.424	0.597		0.0450	1.13		0.691	0.814	0.981	0.829
CLM4.5	[-]	0.450	0.454	0.168	0.424	0.597		0.0295	1.25		0.733	0.805	0.992	0.843
CLM5	[-]	0.426	0.429	0.167	0.424	0.597		0.00493	0.884		0.720	0.883	0.985	0.863

	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	[-]	0.489	0.497	0.421	0.479	0.545		0.0174	1.37		0.567	0.785	0.938	0.763
CLM4.5	[-]	0.469	0.476	0.413	0.479	0.545		-0.00392	1.39		0.639	0.780	0.977	0.799
CLM5	[-]	0.461	0.468	0.398	0.479	0.545		-0.0116	1.22		0.569	0.820	0.941	0.776

	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	[-]	0.399	0.399	0.408	0.436	0.429		-0.0378	1.05		0.447	0.883	0.299	0.543
CLM4.5	[-]	0.506	0.515	0.440	0.436	0.448		0.0779	1.82		0.509	0.754	0.641	0.634
CLM5	[-]	0.531	0.538	0.476	0.436	0.453		0.100	1.39		0.463	0.838	0.514	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]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.776
CLM4	[-]	0.834	0.852	0.802	0.777	0.759		0.0743	2.14		0.189	0.668	0.484	0.447
CLM4.5	[-]	0.738	0.747	0.723	0.777	0.755		-0.0305	1.87		0.198	0.715	0.523	0.479
CLM5	[-]	0.779	0.792	0.755	0.777	0.755		0.0156	2.16		0.241	0.663	0.397	0.434

	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	[-]	0.479	0.476	0.511	0.490	0.513		-0.0152	1.43		0.693	0.817	0.890	0.800
CLM4.5	[-]	0.545	0.545	0.490	0.490	0.513		0.0543	1.61		0.681	0.799	0.992	0.824
CLM5	[-]	0.609	0.611	0.507	0.490	0.513		0.121	1.22		0.482	0.847	0.937	0.755

	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	[-]	0.435	0.464	0.289	0.463	0.376		0.000284	1.82		0.555	0.723	0.974	0.751
CLM4.5	[-]	0.447	0.477	0.298	0.463	0.376		0.0137	1.88		0.578	0.711	0.981	0.757
CLM5	[-]	0.428	0.457	0.284	0.463	0.376		-0.00600	1.80		0.568	0.719	0.982	0.756

	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	[-]	0.585	0.586	0.568	0.566	0.709		0.0193	1.48		0.571	0.800	0.986	0.786
CLM4.5	[-]	0.552	0.551	0.537	0.566	0.709		-0.0150	1.49		0.583	0.799	0.991	0.791
CLM5	[-]	0.560	0.562	0.540	0.566	0.709		-0.00431	1.51		0.578	0.791	0.994	0.787

	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	[-]	0.411	0.409	0.450	0.474	0.456		-0.0667	1.11		0.408	0.854	0.234	0.499
CLM4.5	[-]	0.579	0.583	0.524	0.474	0.457		0.108	1.30		0.481	0.838	0.500	0.606
CLM5	[-]	0.722	0.726	0.660	0.474	0.452		0.252	1.36		0.195	0.816	0.526	0.512

	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	[-]	0.356	0.337	0.484	0.316	0.553		0.0211	0.858		0.620	0.880	0.991	0.830
CLM4.5	[-]	0.350	0.334	0.458	0.316	0.553		0.0187	0.748		0.603	0.895	0.989	0.829
CLM5	[-]	0.343	0.324	0.473	0.316	0.553		0.00818	1.50		0.616	0.778	0.988	0.794

	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	[-]	0.512	0.517	0.490	0.585	0.551		-0.0677	1.71		0.457	0.710	0.986	0.717
CLM4.5	[-]	0.531	0.538	0.496	0.585	0.568		-0.0456	1.57		0.471	0.745	0.940	0.718
CLM5	[-]	0.564	0.575	0.507	0.585	0.556		-0.00902	2.28		0.432	0.600	0.990	0.674

	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	[-]	0.466	0.507	0.306	0.496	0.565		0.0118	1.62		0.484	0.739	0.955	0.726
CLM4.5	[-]	0.466	0.514	0.292	0.496	0.548		0.0185	1.64		0.521	0.744	0.987	0.751
CLM5	[-]	0.481	0.527	0.302	0.496	0.559		0.0314	1.72		0.482	0.729	0.969	0.727

	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	[-]	0.116	0.279	0.0600	0.251	0.258		0.0275	1.84		0.435	0.699	0.963	0.699
CLM4.5	[-]	0.117	0.277	0.0622	0.251	0.258		0.0258	1.60		0.439	0.768	0.963	0.723
CLM5	[-]	0.114	0.273	0.0603	0.251	0.258		0.0216	3.10		0.443	0.444	0.966	0.617

	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	[-]	0.422	0.407	0.491	0.403	0.309		0.00341	1.26		0.439	0.854	0.578	0.624
CLM4.5	[-]	0.513	0.512	0.522	0.405	0.289		0.107	1.37		0.451	0.833	0.761	0.682
CLM5	[-]	0.543	0.552	0.500	0.403	0.304		0.148	1.42		0.321	0.821	0.623	0.589

	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	[-]	0.520	0.511	0.548	0.505	0.531		0.00645	1.15		0.456	0.800	0.972	0.743
CLM4.5	[-]	0.513	0.506	0.535	0.505	0.531		0.00170	1.08		0.489	0.818	0.964	0.757
CLM5	[-]	0.507	0.498	0.533	0.505	0.531		-0.00611	1.27		0.491	0.785	0.973	0.750

	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	[-]	0.668	0.665	0.704	0.631	0.608		0.0346	2.05		0.703	0.712	0.934	0.783
CLM4.5	[-]	0.663	0.662	0.676	0.631	0.608		0.0310	2.50		0.733	0.627	0.999	0.786
CLM5	[-]	0.635	0.636	0.634	0.631	0.608		0.00574	2.06		0.691	0.714	0.997	0.801

	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	[-]	0.454	0.451	0.543	0.472	0.514		-0.0199	1.56		0.637	0.798	0.865	0.767
CLM4.5	[-]	0.524	0.524	0.528	0.472	0.514		0.0527	1.69		0.630	0.775	0.981	0.795
CLM5	[-]	0.584	0.588	0.542	0.472	0.514		0.116	1.41		0.461	0.813	0.993	0.756

	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	[-]	0.409	0.412	0.410	0.356	0.518		0.0570	1.47		0.430	0.778	0.950	0.719
CLM4.5	[-]	0.419	0.423	0.389	0.356	0.518		0.0672	2.00		0.386	0.676	0.966	0.676
CLM5	[-]	0.388	0.391	0.403	0.356	0.518		0.0346	1.86		0.497	0.711	0.979	0.729

	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	[-]	0.808	0.813	0.667	0.748	0.679		0.0648	2.53		0.177	0.586	0.624	0.463
CLM4.5	[-]	0.703	0.705	0.644	0.748	0.679		-0.0431	2.30		0.239	0.632	0.881	0.584
CLM5	[-]	0.750	0.753	0.657	0.748	0.679		0.00465	2.71		0.341	0.552	0.798	0.564

	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	[-]	0.644	0.643	0.637	0.631	0.630		0.0116	2.20		0.458	0.645	0.728	0.610
CLM4.5	[-]	0.618	0.615	0.625	0.631	0.630		-0.0160	2.19		0.531	0.652	0.843	0.675
CLM5	[-]	0.608	0.604	0.636	0.631	0.630		-0.0267	2.15		0.465	0.655	0.730	0.617

	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	[-]	0.288	0.313	0.179	0.344	0.540		-0.0295	1.20		0.341	0.819	0.943	0.701
CLM4.5	[-]	0.289	0.315	0.176	0.344	0.540		-0.0276	1.31		0.337	0.799	0.955	0.697
CLM5	[-]	0.284	0.310	0.181	0.344	0.540		-0.0327	1.25		0.340	0.820	0.924	0.695

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