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	[-]	2.48
CLM50	[-]	2.50	2.54	2.48	1.71	2.68		0.0449	0.725	3.04		0.580	0.594	0.495	0.974	0.647
CTSM51	[-]	2.47	2.51	2.48	1.66	2.68		0.0132	0.715	2.98		0.580	0.604	0.504	0.972	0.653
DeadVeg	[-]	2.50	2.54	2.48	1.57	2.68		0.0457	0.665	2.67		0.595	0.635	0.562	0.976	0.680

	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	[-]	1.21
CLM50	[-]	1.63	1.63	1.21	0.742	2.59		0.423	1.01	1.38		0.333	0.424	0.808	0.824	0.563
CTSM51	[-]	1.58	1.58	1.21	0.730	2.59		0.374	1.02	1.37		0.330	0.424	0.810	0.797	0.557
DeadVeg	[-]	1.61	1.62	1.21	0.685	2.59		0.407	0.994	1.17		0.323	0.473	0.842	0.839	0.590

	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	[-]	1.66
CLM50	[-]	1.78	1.77	1.66	1.76	2.05		0.125	0.865	1.74		0.507	0.472	0.762	0.933	0.629
CTSM51	[-]	1.67	1.67	1.66	1.69	2.05		0.0157	0.853	1.72		0.499	0.492	0.766	0.904	0.631
DeadVeg	[-]	1.65	1.65	1.66	1.71	2.05		0.000628	0.793	1.47		0.537	0.508	0.814	0.936	0.661

	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	[-]	0.854
CLM50	[-]	0.524	0.534	0.854	0.386	1.06		-0.327	0.531	0.372		0.162	0.233	0.974	0.969	0.514
CTSM51	[-]	0.491	0.499	0.854	0.373	1.06		-0.359	0.577	0.354		0.144	0.187	0.976	0.967	0.492
DeadVeg	[-]	0.558	0.564	0.854	0.468	1.06		-0.292	0.423	0.527		0.137	0.423	0.964	0.956	0.581

	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	[-]	3.76
CLM50	[-]	3.44	3.41	3.76	3.57	3.92		-0.314	0.509	2.62		0.510	0.754	0.578	0.974	0.714
CTSM51	[-]	3.44	3.41	3.76	3.53	3.92		-0.317	0.511	2.59		0.506	0.762	0.583	0.933	0.709
DeadVeg	[-]	3.62	3.62	3.76	3.59	3.92		-0.142	0.624	2.97		0.498	0.643	0.509	0.691	0.597

	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	[-]	1.12
CLM50	[-]	0.883	0.881	1.11	0.864	1.40		-0.233	0.445	0.494		0.316	0.393	0.967	0.899	0.594
CTSM51	[-]	0.881	0.880	1.11	0.827	1.40		-0.235	0.427	0.498		0.287	0.425	0.966	0.958	0.612
DeadVeg	[-]	0.860	0.857	1.11	0.851	1.40		-0.258	0.429	0.718		0.220	0.440	0.952	0.994	0.609

	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	[-]	1.17
CLM50	[-]	0.959	1.05	1.17	0.549	1.94		-0.102	0.665	1.42		0.551	0.350	0.795	0.926	0.594
CTSM51	[-]	0.942	1.03	1.17	0.537	1.94		-0.123	0.681	1.45		0.527	0.347	0.788	0.896	0.581
DeadVeg	[-]	0.982	1.07	1.17	0.593	1.94		-0.0867	0.684	1.55		0.550	0.319	0.769	0.915	0.574

	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	[-]	2.11
CLM50	[-]	2.04	2.09	2.10	1.55	3.39		0.0547	1.02	2.40		0.452	0.379	0.625	0.855	0.538
CTSM51	[-]	1.95	2.00	2.10	1.49	3.39		-0.0364	0.980	2.29		0.450	0.411	0.646	0.820	0.547
DeadVeg	[-]	1.98	2.05	2.10	1.44	3.39		0.00123	0.978	2.20		0.467	0.386	0.663	0.814	0.543

	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	[-]	0.786
CLM50	[-]	0.569	0.603	0.786	0.307	0.745		-0.186	0.496	0.420		0.348	0.171	0.972	0.963	0.525
CTSM51	[-]	0.522	0.554	0.786	0.269	0.745		-0.235	0.524	0.344		0.214	0.153	0.977	0.951	0.490
DeadVeg	[-]	0.559	0.587	0.786	0.338	0.745		-0.201	0.351	0.476		0.283	0.463	0.968	0.990	0.633

	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	[-]	0.785
CLM50	[-]	1.19	1.14	0.778	2.02	2.20		0.411	0.633	2.07		0.464	0.635	0.682	0.957	0.675
CTSM51	[-]	1.17	1.13	0.778	1.89	2.20		0.396	0.637	2.00		0.458	0.641	0.690	0.922	0.670
DeadVeg	[-]	1.17	1.13	0.778	1.94	2.20		0.393	0.648	1.89		0.466	0.609	0.709	0.943	0.667

	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	[-]	1.32
CLM50	[-]	1.19	1.19	1.32	1.16	1.44		-0.119	0.472	0.291		0.528	0.549	0.980	0.977	0.717
CTSM51	[-]	1.15	1.16	1.32	1.14	1.44		-0.155	0.487	0.414		0.462	0.567	0.971	0.965	0.706
DeadVeg	[-]	1.18	1.18	1.32	1.14	1.44		-0.133	0.485	0.370		0.515	0.539	0.975	0.989	0.711

	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	[-]	1.56
CLM50	[-]	1.20	1.53	1.56	0.301	2.44		-0.00429	0.686	1.42		0.458	0.447	0.799	0.973	0.625
CTSM51	[-]	1.17	1.49	1.56	0.293	2.44		-0.0455	0.684	1.41		0.438	0.459	0.802	0.968	0.625
DeadVeg	[-]	1.14	1.50	1.56	0.151	2.44		-0.0395	0.676	1.49		0.445	0.469	0.793	0.968	0.629

	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	[-]	0.604
CLM50	[-]	0.304	0.833	0.605	0.177	0.431		0.233	0.750	1.88		0.534	0.353	0.719	0.948	0.581
CTSM51	[-]	0.306	0.841	0.605	0.177	0.431		0.241	0.774	2.03		0.525	0.339	0.694	0.948	0.569
DeadVeg	[-]	0.339	0.886	0.605	0.206	0.431		0.288	0.833	2.18		0.503	0.288	0.667	0.957	0.540

	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	[-]	0.875
CLM50	[-]	0.542	0.642	0.874	0.282	1.05		-0.237	0.518	0.502		0.273	0.229	0.966	0.940	0.527
CTSM51	[-]	0.515	0.608	0.874	0.275	1.05		-0.271	0.534	0.547		0.231	0.225	0.963	0.962	0.521
DeadVeg	[-]	0.590	0.687	0.874	0.342	1.05		-0.186	0.402	0.646		0.375	0.383	0.956	0.901	0.600

	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	[-]	2.13
CLM50	[-]	2.01	2.00	2.13	2.15	2.79		-0.0271	0.662	1.51		0.558	0.607	0.793	0.957	0.704
CTSM51	[-]	1.97	1.96	2.13	2.09	2.79		-0.0744	0.659	1.50		0.550	0.619	0.796	0.946	0.706
DeadVeg	[-]	1.92	1.92	2.13	1.98	2.79		-0.126	0.699	1.74		0.560	0.563	0.763	0.961	0.682

	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	[-]	1.88
CLM50	[-]	1.84	1.84	1.88	1.90	2.11		-0.0106	0.494	0.516		0.607	0.480	0.957	0.992	0.703
CTSM51	[-]	1.77	1.77	1.88	1.85	2.11		-0.0861	0.496	0.505		0.516	0.509	0.959	0.991	0.697
DeadVeg	[-]	1.65	1.64	1.88	1.76	2.11		-0.221	0.576	0.796		0.408	0.443	0.942	0.880	0.623

	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	[-]	1.13
CLM50	[-]	1.07	1.07	1.13	1.14	1.29		-0.0604	0.489	0.151		0.566	0.331	0.990	0.987	0.641
CTSM51	[-]	1.03	1.03	1.13	1.11	1.29		-0.0993	0.465	0.132		0.560	0.385	0.991	0.990	0.662
DeadVeg	[-]	1.04	1.03	1.13	1.25	1.29		-0.0953	0.412	0.464		0.599	0.449	0.969	0.933	0.680

	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	[-]	0.788
CLM50	[-]	0.887	0.902	0.787	0.913	1.93		0.124	0.676	1.63		0.573	0.377	0.748	0.962	0.608
CTSM51	[-]	0.904	0.918	0.787	0.943	1.93		0.139	0.675	1.71		0.576	0.375	0.730	0.969	0.605
DeadVeg	[-]	0.887	0.899	0.787	0.945	1.93		0.120	0.649	1.85		0.625	0.380	0.705	0.963	0.611

	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	[-]	3.62
CLM50	[-]	3.25	3.26	3.62	3.03	3.15		-0.366	0.664	2.04		0.487	0.677	0.703	0.917	0.692
CTSM51	[-]	3.20	3.20	3.62	2.92	3.15		-0.423	0.651	1.89		0.473	0.702	0.732	0.961	0.714
DeadVeg	[-]	3.15	3.16	3.62	2.90	3.15		-0.467	0.769	2.34		0.397	0.642	0.647	0.990	0.664

	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	[-]	1.97
CLM50	[-]	2.29	2.27	1.97	2.55	2.09		0.309	1.04	1.67		0.318	0.431	0.776	0.836	0.559
CTSM51	[-]	2.20	2.19	1.97	2.44	2.09		0.220	0.991	1.63		0.339	0.458	0.786	0.791	0.567
DeadVeg	[-]	2.13	2.12	1.97	2.27	2.09		0.149	0.969	1.82		0.347	0.455	0.752	0.808	0.563

	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	[-]	1.18
CLM50	[-]	0.973	1.09	1.17	0.466	1.34		-0.0799	0.631	1.73		0.432	0.524	0.749	0.919	0.630
CTSM51	[-]	0.962	1.08	1.17	0.451	1.34		-0.0896	0.641	1.82		0.417	0.526	0.730	0.911	0.622
DeadVeg	[-]	0.934	1.04	1.17	0.479	1.34		-0.104	0.673	1.92		0.412	0.526	0.714	0.943	0.624

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	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM50	[-]	0.664	0.731		0.864	0.912	0.888
CTSM51	[-]	0.667	0.739		0.856	0.911	0.884
DeadVeg	[-]	0.723	0.748		0.866	0.865	0.865

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM50	[-]	0.655	0.611		0.695	0.778	0.737
CTSM51	[-]	0.667	0.645		0.701	0.801	0.751
DeadVeg	[-]	0.658	0.699		0.732	0.778	0.755

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM50	[-]	0.687	0.772		0.855	0.901	0.878
CTSM51	[-]	0.684	0.733		0.844	0.885	0.865
DeadVeg	[-]	0.697	0.717		0.868	0.872	0.870

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM50	[-]	0.585	0.618		0.580	0.588	0.584
CTSM51	[-]	0.608	0.648		0.547	0.587	0.567
DeadVeg	[-]	0.573	0.649		0.678	0.671	0.675

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM50	[-]	0.711	0.602		0.899	0.945	0.922
CTSM51	[-]	0.675	0.606		0.885	0.941	0.913
DeadVeg	[-]	0.715	0.634		0.870	0.804	0.837

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM50	[-]	0.494	0.522		0.812	0.794	0.803
CTSM51	[-]	0.503	0.516		0.803	0.808	0.805
DeadVeg	[-]	0.434	0.437		0.797	0.804	0.800

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM50	[-]	0.653	0.740		0.835	0.792	0.814
CTSM51	[-]	0.648	0.735		0.808	0.774	0.791
DeadVeg	[-]	0.609	0.745		0.845	0.828	0.836

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM50	[-]	0.686	0.695		0.826	0.848	0.837
CTSM51	[-]	0.673	0.695		0.824	0.836	0.830
DeadVeg	[-]	0.674	0.685		0.822	0.871	0.847

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM50	[-]	0.771	0.686		0.737	0.706	0.722
CTSM51	[-]	0.725	0.634		0.691	0.672	0.681
DeadVeg	[-]	0.759	0.695		0.812	0.731	0.772

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM50	[-]	0.574	0.677		0.702	0.736	0.719
CTSM51	[-]	0.571	0.683		0.744	0.745	0.744
DeadVeg	[-]	0.573	0.662		0.741	0.726	0.734

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM50	[-]	0.706	0.608		0.843	0.773	0.808
CTSM51	[-]	0.704	0.613		0.809	0.772	0.790
DeadVeg	[-]	0.657	0.619		0.831	0.865	0.848

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM50	[-]	0.557	0.686		0.901	0.789	0.845
CTSM51	[-]	0.561	0.692		0.889	0.784	0.836
DeadVeg	[-]	0.707	0.716		0.711	0.669	0.690

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM50	[-]	0.506	0.480		0.724	0.770	0.747
CTSM51	[-]	0.498	0.483		0.713	0.759	0.736
DeadVeg	[-]	0.560	0.501		0.711	0.732	0.722

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM50	[-]	0.588	0.556		0.684	0.683	0.683
CTSM51	[-]	0.570	0.572		0.666	0.678	0.672
DeadVeg	[-]	0.645	0.647		0.809	0.815	0.812

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM50	[-]	0.715	0.707		0.914	0.896	0.905
CTSM51	[-]	0.698	0.727		0.900	0.898	0.899
DeadVeg	[-]	0.675	0.709		0.867	0.910	0.888

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM50	[-]	0.750	0.726		0.937	0.895	0.916
CTSM51	[-]	0.749	0.703		0.944	0.905	0.925
DeadVeg	[-]	0.728	0.645		0.897	0.910	0.904

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM50	[-]	0.776	0.804		0.786	0.920	0.853
CTSM51	[-]	0.788	0.794		0.752	0.901	0.826
DeadVeg	[-]	0.757	0.763		0.831	0.948	0.889

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM50	[-]	0.616	0.733		0.769	0.758	0.764
CTSM51	[-]	0.603	0.739		0.835	0.757	0.796
DeadVeg	[-]	0.636	0.752		0.821	0.798	0.810

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM50	[-]	0.570	0.471		0.865	0.898	0.882
CTSM51	[-]	0.566	0.476		0.847	0.893	0.870
DeadVeg	[-]	0.533	0.497		0.828	0.861	0.845

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM50	[-]	0.617	0.649		0.828	0.796	0.812
CTSM51	[-]	0.588	0.670		0.853	0.798	0.825
DeadVeg	[-]	0.576	0.638		0.857	0.806	0.832

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM50	[-]	0.613	0.690		0.740	0.636	0.688
CTSM51	[-]	0.607	0.659		0.751	0.623	0.687
DeadVeg	[-]	0.598	0.680		0.699	0.611	0.655

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 Relationship with Precipitation Relationship with func_Precipitation Relationship with SurfaceAirTemperature Relationship with func_SurfaceAirTemperature

  Title:

MODIS Global Terrestrial Evaportranspiration

  Version:

MOD16A2

  Institutions:

Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, University of Montana, USA

  Source:

MODIS (MOD16A2 level 4) global terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET) based on the Penman-Monteith (P-M) algorithm with MERRA meteorological forcings

  History:

2019-08-19: downloaded source from http://files.ntsg.umt.edu/data/NTSG_Products/MOD16/

2019-08-21: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-et-modisA2.py

  References:

Mu, Q.Z., M. Zhao, and S.W. Running (2011), Improvements to a MODIS global terrestrial evapotranspiration algorithm, Remote Sensing of Environment, 115, 1781-1800, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2011.02.019

  Comments:

time_period: 2000-01 through 2014-12

original_temporal_resolution: monthly

original_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

original_units: mm/month

final_temporal_resolution: monthly

final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

final_units: kg/m2/s

  Convention:

CF-1.7