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	[-]	0.593	0.603	0.513	0.585	0.538		0.0172	2.19		0.406	0.615	0.961	0.660
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.606	0.617	0.512	0.585	0.538		0.0317	1.98		0.388	0.687	0.982	0.685
WFDEI	[-]	0.548	0.557	0.494	0.585	0.538		-0.0290	1.56		0.482	0.755	0.997	0.745

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Benchmark	[-]	0.425
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.442	0.445	0.176	0.424	0.597		0.0209	0.738		0.725	0.906	0.992	0.874
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.489	0.492	0.239	0.424	0.597		0.0684	1.12		0.684	0.829	0.971	0.828
WFDEI	[-]	0.436	0.439	0.194	0.424	0.597		0.0145	0.625		0.772	0.920	0.968	0.887

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Benchmark	[-]	0.480
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.457	0.465	0.390	0.479	0.545		-0.0145	1.09		0.554	0.844	0.927	0.775
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.478	0.488	0.391	0.479	0.545		0.00804	1.14		0.580	0.844	0.954	0.793
WFDEI	[-]	0.449	0.451	0.418	0.479	0.545		-0.0284	1.22		0.630	0.818	0.964	0.804

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Benchmark	[-]	0.436
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.534	0.540	0.493	0.436	0.452		0.103	1.32		0.479	0.840	0.823	0.714
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.497	0.498	0.486	0.436	0.461		0.0615	1.18		0.593	0.874	0.480	0.649
WFDEI	[-]	0.603	0.603	0.613	0.436	0.442		0.166	1.42		0.362	0.820	0.420	0.534

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Benchmark	[-]	0.776
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.791	0.808	0.761	0.777	0.755		0.0307	2.99		0.276	0.502	0.415	0.398
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.774	0.792	0.743	0.777	0.755		0.0144	2.08		0.291	0.675	0.567	0.511
WFDEI	[-]	0.730	0.732	0.729	0.777	0.755		-0.0451	3.18		0.278	0.470	0.990	0.579

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Benchmark	[-]	0.490
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.579	0.581	0.485	0.490	0.513		0.0910	2.35		0.554	0.625	0.971	0.717
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.534	0.535	0.454	0.490	0.513		0.0447	1.59		0.628	0.795	0.820	0.748
WFDEI	[-]	0.597	0.597	0.524	0.490	0.513		0.107	2.18		0.490	0.657	0.888	0.678

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Benchmark	[-]	0.463
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.405	0.431	0.273	0.463	0.376		-0.0317	1.86		0.539	0.710	0.991	0.747
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.403	0.431	0.257	0.463	0.376		-0.0318	1.76		0.564	0.728	0.971	0.754
WFDEI	[-]	0.417	0.443	0.292	0.463	0.376		-0.0201	1.90		0.529	0.711	0.971	0.737

	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	[-]	0.559	0.560	0.541	0.566	0.709		-0.00607	1.27		0.577	0.831	0.986	0.798
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.596	0.604	0.550	0.566	0.709		0.0370	1.57		0.543	0.770	0.991	0.768
WFDEI	[-]	0.566	0.569	0.544	0.566	0.709		0.00272	1.32		0.628	0.819	0.984	0.810

	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	[-]	0.702	0.705	0.652	0.474	0.452		0.230	1.83		0.229	0.731	0.461	0.474
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.675	0.681	0.590	0.474	0.461		0.206	1.67		0.278	0.778	0.284	0.447
WFDEI	[-]	0.768	0.767	0.760	0.473	0.485		0.292	1.71		0.166	0.774	0.322	0.421

	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	[-]	0.332	0.313	0.458	0.316	0.553		-0.00239	0.898		0.621	0.885	0.991	0.832
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.350	0.332	0.470	0.316	0.553		0.0165	0.893		0.611	0.879	0.983	0.824
WFDEI	[-]	0.327	0.307	0.470	0.316	0.549		-0.00854	0.994		0.648	0.867	0.988	0.834

	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	[-]	0.538	0.550	0.473	0.585	0.556		-0.0344	2.82		0.466	0.512	0.990	0.656
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.568	0.590	0.447	0.584	0.573		0.00574	2.27		0.525	0.636	0.960	0.707
WFDEI	[-]	0.580	0.592	0.510	0.585	0.551		0.00798	2.94		0.537	0.498	0.990	0.675

	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	[-]	0.469	0.514	0.294	0.496	0.557		0.0185	1.83		0.492	0.704	0.970	0.722
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.476	0.522	0.312	0.495	0.592		0.0263	1.70		0.507	0.737	0.971	0.738
WFDEI	[-]	0.480	0.521	0.323	0.496	0.544		0.0248	1.85		0.500	0.703	0.956	0.720

	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	[-]	0.105	0.245	0.0580	0.251	0.258		-0.00595	2.74		0.484	0.532	0.956	0.657
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.133	0.275	0.0855	0.251	0.258		0.0238	2.67		0.466	0.517	0.965	0.649
WFDEI	[-]	0.131	0.277	0.0809	0.251	0.258		0.0251	3.00		0.488	0.464	0.948	0.633

	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	[-]	0.528	0.533	0.499	0.404	0.304		0.129	2.30		0.376	0.635	0.661	0.558
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.523	0.534	0.468	0.402	0.417		0.132	2.25		0.410	0.653	0.740	0.601
WFDEI	[-]	0.657	0.663	0.629	0.405	0.292		0.258	1.98		0.267	0.691	0.476	0.478

	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	[-]	0.506	0.497	0.532	0.505	0.531		-0.00682	0.935		0.501	0.847	0.989	0.779
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.530	0.526	0.538	0.505	0.531		0.0209	1.02		0.465	0.846	0.992	0.768
WFDEI	[-]	0.495	0.478	0.546	0.505	0.531		-0.0262	1.23		0.559	0.793	0.992	0.781

	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	[-]	0.617	0.620	0.604	0.631	0.608		-0.0106	1.65		0.650	0.777	0.978	0.802
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.615	0.618	0.602	0.631	0.608		-0.0121	0.941		0.644	0.887	0.922	0.818
WFDEI	[-]	0.618	0.620	0.614	0.631	0.608		-0.0106	1.46		0.667	0.810	0.985	0.821

	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	[-]	0.542	0.546	0.509	0.472	0.514		0.0733	2.52		0.566	0.606	0.980	0.718
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.520	0.524	0.494	0.472	0.514		0.0520	2.05		0.600	0.706	0.992	0.766
WFDEI	[-]	0.546	0.548	0.546	0.472	0.514		0.0766	2.72		0.553	0.569	0.978	0.700

	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	[-]	0.367	0.370	0.380	0.356	0.518		0.0139	1.68		0.524	0.742	0.951	0.739
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.342	0.347	0.350	0.356	0.518		-0.00835	1.66		0.528	0.767	0.937	0.744
WFDEI	[-]	0.355	0.360	0.344	0.356	0.518		0.00369	1.90		0.518	0.719	0.963	0.733

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Benchmark	[-]	0.748
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.764	0.768	0.649	0.748	0.679		0.0193	2.68		0.338	0.561	0.723	0.541
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.784	0.788	0.647	0.748	0.730		0.0395	2.68		0.280	0.568	0.722	0.523
WFDEI	[-]	0.698	0.700	0.646	0.748	0.679		-0.0488	2.95		0.273	0.513	0.980	0.589

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Benchmark	[-]	0.631
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.590	0.587	0.605	0.631	0.630		-0.0442	1.67		0.455	0.750	0.707	0.637
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.606	0.605	0.605	0.631	0.630		-0.0256	1.72		0.550	0.727	0.774	0.684
WFDEI	[-]	0.611	0.607	0.629	0.631	0.630		-0.0238	1.62		0.592	0.767	0.870	0.743

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Benchmark	[-]	0.346
CRUNCEPv7	[-]	0.263	0.288	0.153	0.344	0.540		-0.0544	1.31		0.335	0.799	0.958	0.697
GSWP3v1	[-]	0.273	0.307	0.132	0.344	0.540		-0.0342	1.58		0.349	0.747	0.932	0.676
WFDEI	[-]	0.247	0.273	0.136	0.344	0.540		-0.0694	1.54		0.314	0.749	0.976	0.679

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