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Benchmark [-] 0.616
CLM50 [-] 0.596 0.608 0.616 0.534 0.433 -0.00998 3.08 0.609 0.466 0.966 0.680
CTSM51 [-] 0.615 0.628 0.616 0.525 0.433 0.00999 3.01 0.651 0.494 0.985 0.710
DeadVeg [-] 0.627 0.638 0.616 0.561 0.433 0.0203 3.39 0.645 0.316 0.990 0.650
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Bias Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.475
CLM50 [-] 0.461 0.458 0.475 0.418 0.690 -0.0150 1.52 0.700 0.713 0.910 0.774
CTSM51 [-] 0.443 0.440 0.475 0.392 0.690 -0.0325 1.69 0.669 0.690 0.904 0.754
DeadVeg [-] 0.460 0.457 0.475 0.405 0.690 -0.0156 1.98 0.652 0.614 0.946 0.737
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Benchmark [-] 0.460
CLM50 [-] 0.463 0.464 0.460 0.457 0.481 0.00424 1.80 0.717 0.706 0.993 0.805
CTSM51 [-] 0.443 0.443 0.460 0.441 0.481 -0.0166 1.69 0.664 0.741 0.989 0.798
DeadVeg [-] 0.448 0.445 0.460 0.457 0.481 -0.0142 1.91 0.655 0.697 0.982 0.778
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Bias [1]
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Bias Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.561
CLM50 [-] 0.503 0.517 0.561 0.464 -0.0455 1.14 0.651 0.869 0.920 0.813
CTSM51 [-] 0.526 0.540 0.561 0.486 -0.0218 1.44 0.643 0.835 0.807 0.762
DeadVeg [-] 0.550 0.564 0.561 0.516 0.00271 1.18 0.699 0.876 0.975 0.850
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Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
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Bias [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.868
CLM50 [-] 0.755 0.786 0.868 0.736 0.880 -0.0819 3.26 0.351 0.447 0.985 0.594
CTSM51 [-] 0.783 0.832 0.868 0.752 0.880 -0.0370 3.17 0.473 0.465 0.902 0.613
DeadVeg [-] 0.736 0.760 0.868 0.721 0.880 -0.107 3.93 0.239 0.321 0.964 0.508
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Bias [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.630
CLM50 [-] 0.547 0.549 0.630 0.514 -0.0823 1.20 0.662 0.859 0.959 0.827
CTSM51 [-] 0.559 0.561 0.630 0.517 -0.0697 1.34 0.687 0.839 0.959 0.828
DeadVeg [-] 0.551 0.553 0.630 0.519 -0.0774 1.35 0.613 0.840 0.975 0.809
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Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
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Bias [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.458
CLM50 [-] 0.437 0.423 0.458 0.549 0.745 -0.0347 2.32 0.669 0.668 0.991 0.776
CTSM51 [-] 0.434 0.421 0.458 0.542 0.745 -0.0371 2.30 0.663 0.677 0.991 0.777
DeadVeg [-] 0.448 0.432 0.458 0.573 0.745 -0.0261 2.30 0.614 0.682 0.961 0.753
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Model Period Mean (complement) [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 [-] 0.578
CLM50 [-] 0.606 0.590 0.578 0.656 0.599 0.0101 2.19 0.694 0.672 0.993 0.786
CTSM51 [-] 0.592 0.575 0.578 0.646 0.599 -0.00472 2.05 0.705 0.706 0.989 0.800
DeadVeg [-] 0.589 0.572 0.578 0.643 0.599 -0.00735 1.74 0.724 0.774 0.986 0.828
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Model Period Mean (complement) [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 [-] 0.610
CLM50 [-] 0.670 0.677 0.610 0.644 0.440 0.0666 1.12 0.643 0.880 0.720 0.748
CTSM51 [-] 0.706 0.715 0.610 0.668 0.461 0.104 1.29 0.607 0.844 0.683 0.711
DeadVeg [-] 0.663 0.663 0.610 0.662 0.440 0.0521 0.959 0.693 0.902 0.933 0.843
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Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
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Bias [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.285
CLM50 [-] 0.348 0.309 0.285 0.502 0.588 0.0248 1.74 0.799 0.764 0.993 0.852
CTSM51 [-] 0.348 0.311 0.285 0.490 0.588 0.0265 1.78 0.780 0.757 0.992 0.843
DeadVeg [-] 0.335 0.298 0.285 0.478 0.588 0.0142 2.22 0.798 0.700 0.988 0.829
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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 [-] 0.674
CLM50 [-] 0.577 0.619 0.674 0.494 0.524 -0.0561 2.16 0.625 0.661 0.968 0.751
CTSM51 [-] 0.576 0.617 0.674 0.495 0.524 -0.0582 2.45 0.596 0.610 0.962 0.722
DeadVeg [-] 0.528 0.542 0.674 0.503 0.443 -0.133 2.63 0.405 0.566 0.684 0.551
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Model Period Mean (complement) [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 [-] 0.486
CLM50 [-] 0.485 0.476 0.486 0.524 0.524 -0.0100 2.03 0.660 0.683 0.989 0.777
CTSM51 [-] 0.488 0.480 0.486 0.526 0.508 -0.00687 2.08 0.664 0.679 0.988 0.777
DeadVeg [-] 0.481 0.470 0.486 0.531 0.434 -0.0164 2.23 0.632 0.657 0.979 0.756
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Bias [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.136
CLM50 [-] 0.150 0.146 0.136 0.197 0.195 0.00974 2.23 0.628 0.552 0.894 0.691
CTSM51 [-] 0.151 0.147 0.136 0.199 0.195 0.0112 2.29 0.621 0.526 0.881 0.676
DeadVeg [-] 0.171 0.165 0.136 0.237 0.195 0.0289 2.78 0.611 0.441 0.898 0.650
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Model Period Mean (complement) [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 [-] 0.495
CLM50 [-] 0.550 0.581 0.495 0.507 0.341 0.0839 1.49 0.609 0.814 0.979 0.801
CTSM51 [-] 0.562 0.596 0.495 0.516 0.336 0.0977 1.71 0.582 0.780 0.976 0.780
DeadVeg [-] 0.541 0.557 0.495 0.521 0.431 0.0607 1.66 0.621 0.792 0.961 0.791
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Bias [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.501
CLM50 [-] 0.534 0.509 0.501 0.567 0.400 0.00623 1.80 0.652 0.684 0.984 0.773
CTSM51 [-] 0.537 0.515 0.501 0.564 0.400 0.0113 1.67 0.645 0.730 0.984 0.786
DeadVeg [-] 0.518 0.496 0.501 0.546 0.400 -0.00582 1.72 0.652 0.723 0.960 0.778
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Period Mean (original grids) [1]
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Model Period Mean (complement) [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 [-] 0.715
CLM50 [-] 0.655 0.658 0.715 0.645 -0.0554 2.11 0.702 0.690 0.993 0.795
CTSM51 [-] 0.653 0.657 0.715 0.643 -0.0571 2.07 0.698 0.695 0.996 0.796
DeadVeg [-] 0.593 0.592 0.715 0.597 -0.121 2.37 0.509 0.633 0.998 0.713
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Period Mean (original grids) [1]
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Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [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 [-] 0.572
CLM50 [-] 0.557 0.563 0.572 0.543 -0.00896 1.49 0.725 0.794 0.988 0.836
CTSM51 [-] 0.570 0.575 0.572 0.557 0.00330 1.70 0.734 0.765 0.987 0.829
DeadVeg [-] 0.512 0.510 0.572 0.523 -0.0615 1.53 0.669 0.788 0.945 0.801
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Model Period Mean (complement) [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 [-] 0.411
CLM50 [-] 0.373 0.379 0.411 0.372 0.474 -0.0315 2.55 0.721 0.549 0.991 0.754
CTSM51 [-] 0.383 0.388 0.411 0.388 0.474 -0.0219 2.82 0.729 0.505 0.989 0.741
DeadVeg [-] 0.388 0.391 0.411 0.426 0.474 -0.0207 2.91 0.732 0.490 0.972 0.732
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Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
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Bias [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.789
CLM50 [-] 0.769 0.776 0.789 0.688 0.848 -0.0132 2.58 0.581 0.583 0.993 0.719
CTSM51 [-] 0.796 0.806 0.789 0.691 0.848 0.0168 2.52 0.654 0.594 0.934 0.728
DeadVeg [-] 0.770 0.777 0.789 0.699 0.728 -0.0113 2.28 0.647 0.645 0.954 0.748
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Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.602
CLM50 [-] 0.615 0.611 0.602 0.634 0.0101 2.31 0.749 0.608 0.979 0.778
CTSM51 [-] 0.602 0.598 0.602 0.616 -0.00337 2.41 0.729 0.592 0.987 0.769
DeadVeg [-] 0.587 0.584 0.602 0.596 -0.0171 3.00 0.761 0.492 0.993 0.749
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Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.279
CLM50 [-] 0.315 0.317 0.279 0.324 0.262 0.0405 1.90 0.530 0.760 0.873 0.721
CTSM51 [-] 0.326 0.327 0.279 0.337 0.262 0.0517 1.97 0.499 0.746 0.847 0.698
DeadVeg [-] 0.290 0.293 0.279 0.280 0.262 0.0158 2.26 0.577 0.697 0.953 0.743

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Data Information

  Title:
Conserving Land-Atmosphere Synthesis Suite (CLASS) v1.1

  Version:
1.1

  Institution:
University of New South Wales

  Source:
Ground Heat Flux (GLDAS, MERRALND, MERRAFLX, NCEP_DOII, NCEP_NCAR), Sensible Heat Flux(GLDAS, MERRALND, MERRAFLX, NCEP_DOII, NCEP_NCAR, MPIBGC, Princeton), Latent Heat Flux(DOLCE1.0), Net Radiation (GLDAS, MERRALND, NCEP_DOII, NCEP_NCAR, ERAI, EBAF4.0), Precipitation(REGEN1.1), Runoff(LORA1.0), Change in Water storage(GRACE(GFZ, JPL, CSR))

  History:
2020-01-30: downloaded source from [http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2003.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2004.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2005.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2006.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2007.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2008.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2009.nc] 2020-01-30: converted to ILAMB netCDF4 with https://github.com/rubisco-sfa/ILAMB-Data/blob/master/CLASS/CLASS_to_ILAMB.py

  References:
Sanaa Hobeichi (2019), Conserving Land-Atmosphere Synthesis Suite (CLASS) v1.1, doi:10.25914/5c872258dc183

Hobeichi, Sanaa and Abramowitz, Gab and Evans, Jason (2020), Conserving Land–Atmosphere Synthesis Suite (CLASS), Journal of Climate, 5, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0036.1