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 Global - Land 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) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	3.59
CLM50	[-]	3.56	3.58	3.60		3.60		-0.0198	0.978	1.16		0.615	0.639	0.822	0.989	0.741
CTSM51	[-]	3.56	3.58	3.60		3.60		-0.0198	0.978	1.16		0.615	0.639	0.822	0.989	0.741
DeadVeg	[-]	3.61	3.63	3.59		3.57		0.0560	0.957	1.11		0.620	0.649	0.839	0.986	0.749

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.26
CLM50	[-]	2.35	2.31	2.24		3.41		0.0834	0.689	0.241		0.584	0.651	0.975	0.981	0.768
CTSM51	[-]	2.35	2.31	2.24		3.41		0.0834	0.689	0.241		0.584	0.651	0.975	0.981	0.768
DeadVeg	[-]	2.39	2.36	2.24		3.40		0.126	0.682	0.230		0.569	0.650	0.977	0.981	0.765

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.31
CLM50	[-]	2.37	2.37	2.30		2.63		0.0533	0.744	0.728		0.675	0.703	0.905	0.984	0.794
CTSM51	[-]	2.37	2.37	2.30		2.63		0.0533	0.744	0.728		0.675	0.703	0.905	0.984	0.794
DeadVeg	[-]	2.35	2.34	2.30		2.62		0.0490	0.674	0.737		0.700	0.718	0.909	0.989	0.807

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.964
CLM50	[-]	1.12	1.12	0.951		1.08		0.208	0.355	0.864		0.582	0.701	0.893	0.915	0.759
CTSM51	[-]	1.12	1.12	0.951		1.08		0.208	0.355	0.864		0.582	0.701	0.893	0.915	0.759
DeadVeg	[-]	0.979	0.979	0.954		1.08		0.0441	0.256	0.501		0.746	0.699	0.953	0.993	0.818

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	6.90
CLM50	[-]	8.04	8.05	6.99		6.58		0.601	2.13	1.41		0.517	0.635	0.792	0.736	0.663
CTSM51	[-]	8.04	8.05	6.99		6.58		0.601	2.13	1.41		0.517	0.635	0.792	0.736	0.663
DeadVeg	[-]	7.79	7.80	6.99		6.59		0.569	1.88	1.65		0.568	0.652	0.758	0.858	0.697

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.37
CLM50	[-]	1.47	1.47	1.36		1.94		0.127	0.235	0.338		0.739	0.830	0.969	0.947	0.863
CTSM51	[-]	1.47	1.47	1.36		1.94		0.127	0.235	0.338		0.739	0.830	0.969	0.947	0.863
DeadVeg	[-]	1.47	1.48	1.36		1.94		0.123	0.229	0.299		0.767	0.812	0.979	0.991	0.872

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.57
CLM50	[-]	1.43	1.44	1.52		3.94		0.0355	0.459	0.798		0.672	0.737	0.881	0.975	0.800
CTSM51	[-]	1.43	1.44	1.52		3.94		0.0355	0.459	0.798		0.672	0.737	0.881	0.975	0.800
DeadVeg	[-]	1.44	1.44	1.53		3.96		0.0322	0.420	0.596		0.693	0.752	0.916	0.982	0.819

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	3.60
CLM50	[-]	3.73	3.71	3.51		4.93		0.409	1.99	0.801		0.489	0.477	0.904	0.869	0.643
CTSM51	[-]	3.73	3.71	3.51		4.93		0.409	1.99	0.801		0.489	0.477	0.904	0.869	0.643
DeadVeg	[-]	3.57	3.57	3.51		4.92		0.364	1.77	0.844		0.540	0.517	0.892	0.904	0.674

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.979
CLM50	[-]	1.29	1.30	0.989		0.721		0.296	0.374	1.19		0.475	0.738	0.845	0.909	0.741
CTSM51	[-]	1.29	1.30	0.989		0.721		0.296	0.374	1.19		0.475	0.738	0.845	0.909	0.741
DeadVeg	[-]	1.11	1.12	0.990		0.721		0.116	0.215	0.356		0.727	0.790	0.970	0.995	0.854

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.61
CLM50	[-]	1.47	1.47	1.55		2.59		0.0710	0.480	0.711		0.674	0.742	0.904	0.916	0.796
CTSM51	[-]	1.47	1.47	1.55		2.59		0.0710	0.480	0.711		0.674	0.742	0.904	0.916	0.796
DeadVeg	[-]	1.43	1.43	1.54		2.57		0.0614	0.457	0.677		0.683	0.753	0.911	0.913	0.803

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.95
CLM50	[-]	2.34	2.34	1.95		2.04		0.384	0.598	1.02		0.529	0.740	0.844	0.797	0.730
CTSM51	[-]	2.34	2.34	1.95		2.04		0.384	0.598	1.02		0.529	0.740	0.844	0.797	0.730
DeadVeg	[-]	2.15	2.15	1.94		2.02		0.246	0.463	0.770		0.632	0.794	0.892	0.830	0.788

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.05
CLM50	[-]	2.08	2.08	1.99	1.11	3.04		0.187	0.695	1.07		0.619	0.712	0.845	0.937	0.765
CTSM51	[-]	2.08	2.08	1.99	1.11	3.04		0.187	0.695	1.07		0.619	0.712	0.845	0.937	0.765
DeadVeg	[-]	2.25	2.25	2.00	1.09	3.03		0.346	0.783	0.881		0.656	0.728	0.880	0.903	0.779

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.386
CLM50	[-]	0.353	0.355	0.376		0.672		-0.000274	0.238	1.22		0.753	0.803	0.815	0.934	0.822
CTSM51	[-]	0.353	0.355	0.376		0.672		-0.000274	0.238	1.22		0.753	0.803	0.815	0.934	0.822
DeadVeg	[-]	0.393	0.396	0.375		0.672		0.0430	0.224	1.23		0.767	0.815	0.814	0.944	0.831

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.04
CLM50	[-]	1.20	1.20	1.04	0.544	1.15		0.193	0.447	0.650		0.581	0.667	0.928	0.864	0.741
CTSM51	[-]	1.20	1.20	1.04	0.544	1.15		0.193	0.447	0.650		0.581	0.667	0.928	0.864	0.741
DeadVeg	[-]	1.07	1.06	1.04	0.354	1.15		0.0294	0.336	0.549		0.694	0.693	0.945	0.971	0.799

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.68
CLM50	[-]	3.02	3.04	2.58		3.29		0.701	1.33	1.09		0.488	0.591	0.841	0.859	0.674
CTSM51	[-]	3.02	3.04	2.58		3.29		0.701	1.33	1.09		0.488	0.591	0.841	0.859	0.674
DeadVeg	[-]	2.93	2.94	2.56		3.26		0.623	1.27	1.04		0.502	0.600	0.846	0.890	0.688

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.74
CLM50	[-]	3.05	3.07	2.71		3.28		0.399	0.518	0.995		0.499	0.811	0.859	0.987	0.793
CTSM51	[-]	3.05	3.07	2.71		3.28		0.399	0.518	0.995		0.499	0.811	0.859	0.987	0.793
DeadVeg	[-]	2.92	2.94	2.71		3.27		0.279	0.419	0.986		0.633	0.825	0.856	0.989	0.825

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.03
CLM50	[-]	2.15	2.16	2.00		3.28		0.304	0.603	0.850		0.597	0.720	0.884	0.855	0.755
CTSM51	[-]	2.15	2.16	2.00		3.28		0.304	0.603	0.850		0.597	0.720	0.884	0.855	0.755
DeadVeg	[-]	2.12	2.12	1.98		3.24		0.277	0.567	0.764		0.619	0.733	0.899	0.901	0.777

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.05
CLM50	[-]	1.28	1.29	1.04		1.98		0.290	0.505	0.949		0.559	0.724	0.857	0.747	0.722
CTSM51	[-]	1.28	1.29	1.04		1.98		0.290	0.505	0.949		0.559	0.724	0.857	0.747	0.722
DeadVeg	[-]	1.26	1.27	1.04		1.98		0.278	0.473	0.797		0.578	0.734	0.886	0.781	0.743

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	5.44
CLM50	[-]	6.13	6.13	5.50		4.10		0.679	1.51	0.750		0.601	0.692	0.916	0.904	0.761
CTSM51	[-]	6.13	6.13	5.50		4.10		0.679	1.51	0.750		0.601	0.692	0.916	0.904	0.761
DeadVeg	[-]	6.13	6.13	5.47		4.07		0.686	1.44	0.732		0.591	0.699	0.915	0.963	0.773

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	3.25
CLM50	[-]	3.35	3.34	3.27		3.03		0.0831	0.646	0.695		0.717	0.786	0.912	0.957	0.832
CTSM51	[-]	3.35	3.34	3.27		3.03		0.0831	0.646	0.695		0.717	0.786	0.912	0.957	0.832
DeadVeg	[-]	3.25	3.24	3.26		3.01		-0.000337	0.656	0.743		0.701	0.789	0.911	0.935	0.825

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.26
CLM50	[-]	1.55	1.56	1.27		1.16		0.357	0.918	0.947		0.409	0.591	0.872	0.548	0.602
CTSM51	[-]	1.55	1.56	1.27		1.16		0.357	0.918	0.947		0.409	0.591	0.872	0.548	0.602
DeadVeg	[-]	1.43	1.44	1.27		1.15		0.299	0.983	0.907		0.372	0.566	0.888	0.529	0.584

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 Global - Land 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

  Title:

CPC Merged Analysis of Precipitation (excludes NCEP Reanalysis)

  Version:

1904

  Institutions:

NOAA/OAR/ESRL PSD, Boulder, Colorado, USA

  Source:

Merged Precipitation with gauge observations, a variety of satellite observations and the NCEP–NCAR reanalysis

  History:

2019-04-30: downloaded source from https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.cmap.html#detail

2019-07-01: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-pr-cmap.py

  References:

Xie, P., and P.A. Arkin (1997), Global precipitation: A 17-year monthly analysis based on gauge observations, satellite estimates, and numerical model outputs, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 78, 2539-2558

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  Comments:

time_period: 1979-01 through 2018-12

original_temporal_resolution: monthly

original_spatial_resolution: 2.5 degree

original_units: mm/day

final_temporal_resolution: monthly

final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

final_units: kg/m2/s

  Convention:

CF-1.7