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) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	67.7
CLM50	[-]	72.1	72.8	67.7	67.8	35.0		4.74	13.2	1.80		0.655	0.674	0.737	0.995	0.747
CTSM51	[-]	71.4	72.0	67.7	66.0	35.0		3.87	12.9	1.82		0.660	0.682	0.733	0.994	0.750
DeadVeg	[-]	72.7	73.6	67.7	64.6	35.0		5.39	15.8	2.16		0.612	0.597	0.653	0.995	0.691

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	48.1
CLM50	[-]	46.9	46.0	48.1	51.1	69.8		-1.92	17.9	1.12		0.578	0.480	0.852	0.945	0.667
CTSM51	[-]	45.5	44.7	48.1	48.4	69.8		-3.21	19.4	1.14		0.543	0.443	0.849	0.927	0.641
DeadVeg	[-]	46.7	45.9	48.1	48.4	69.8		-1.99	19.2	0.984		0.535	0.450	0.870	0.955	0.652

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	48.5
CLM50	[-]	51.0	50.1	48.5	59.4	57.4		1.63	16.6	1.12		0.655	0.547	0.854	0.990	0.719
CTSM51	[-]	47.9	47.1	48.5	56.2	57.4		-1.45	17.2	1.09		0.599	0.554	0.862	0.986	0.711
DeadVeg	[-]	47.6	46.4	48.5	58.9	57.4		-2.00	16.9	1.23		0.580	0.574	0.831	0.984	0.709

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	11.6
CLM50	[-]	15.3	16.1	11.6	11.6			4.38	12.3	0.275		0.374	0.266	0.981	0.898	0.557
CTSM51	[-]	14.2	15.0	11.6	11.0			3.30	11.8	0.294		0.445	0.277	0.980	0.885	0.573
DeadVeg	[-]	16.1	16.6	11.6	13.5			4.97	11.0	0.359		0.344	0.356	0.976	0.987	0.604

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	98.8
CLM50	[-]	98.6	97.8	98.8	99.6	126.		-0.799	13.3	2.31		0.619	0.772	0.627	0.833	0.725
CTSM51	[-]	98.4	98.4	98.8	98.3	126.		-0.417	13.3	2.37		0.617	0.777	0.618	0.920	0.742
DeadVeg	[-]	104.	106.	98.8	102.	126.		6.84	18.3	2.20		0.519	0.723	0.655	0.909	0.706

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	23.0
CLM50	[-]	25.4	25.3	23.0	25.1			2.30	10.1	0.441		0.652	0.484	0.970	0.986	0.715
CTSM51	[-]	25.2	25.2	23.0	24.3			2.21	9.57	0.480		0.658	0.508	0.968	0.990	0.726
DeadVeg	[-]	24.7	24.7	23.0	24.2			1.66	10.2	0.590		0.674	0.470	0.960	0.911	0.697

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	25.0
CLM50	[-]	27.8	26.5	25.0	42.4	44.0		1.73	10.8	0.816		0.702	0.591	0.910	0.984	0.756
CTSM51	[-]	27.3	26.1	25.0	41.2	44.0		1.26	10.8	0.806		0.691	0.596	0.912	0.976	0.754
DeadVeg	[-]	28.4	27.2	25.0	42.0	44.0		2.38	11.5	0.847		0.680	0.563	0.914	0.979	0.740

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	53.0
CLM50	[-]	59.2	55.9	53.0	79.3	44.6		3.23	19.8	1.87		0.637	0.441	0.711	0.992	0.644
CTSM51	[-]	56.6	53.4	53.0	75.9	44.6		0.740	18.2	1.78		0.659	0.482	0.729	0.982	0.667
DeadVeg	[-]	57.5	54.8	53.0	75.4	44.6		2.20	18.3	1.70		0.658	0.474	0.748	0.988	0.668

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	12.8
CLM50	[-]	16.3	17.2	12.8	12.7	10.5		4.38	12.9	0.163		0.453	0.245	0.987	0.961	0.578
CTSM51	[-]	14.8	15.8	12.8	11.1	10.5		2.90	11.4	0.0746		0.573	0.300	0.993	0.953	0.624
DeadVeg	[-]	16.0	16.8	12.8	12.9	10.5		3.92	10.6	0.259		0.496	0.382	0.981	0.986	0.645

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	26.3
CLM50	[-]	32.1	29.0	26.3	57.3	72.7		3.31	11.1	0.900		0.736	0.629	0.906	0.987	0.777
CTSM51	[-]	31.4	28.7	26.3	53.6	72.7		2.92	11.6	0.951		0.723	0.610	0.898	0.989	0.766
DeadVeg	[-]	32.0	29.4	26.3	54.2	72.7		3.61	12.1	0.997		0.710	0.596	0.890	0.986	0.755

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	33.2
CLM50	[-]	34.4	34.9	33.2	32.2	23.4		1.84	12.9	0.538		0.712	0.490	0.955	0.991	0.727
CTSM51	[-]	33.3	33.9	33.2	31.2	23.4		0.810	12.2	0.455		0.702	0.523	0.961	0.988	0.740
DeadVeg	[-]	34.1	34.6	33.2	32.1	23.4		1.51	13.6	0.666		0.715	0.460	0.945	0.991	0.714

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	36.4
CLM50	[-]	34.7	38.5	36.4	20.2	41.8		2.31	12.7	1.11		0.668	0.557	0.854	0.991	0.725
CTSM51	[-]	33.8	37.5	36.4	19.5	41.8		1.29	12.6	1.09		0.666	0.569	0.857	0.988	0.730
DeadVeg	[-]	32.7	37.7	36.4	13.0	41.8		1.60	13.3	1.16		0.635	0.559	0.850	0.986	0.718

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	5.96
CLM50	[-]	8.88	8.49	5.96	18.1	8.39		2.65	7.13	1.67		0.812	0.739	0.753	0.870	0.783
CTSM51	[-]	8.95	8.55	5.96	18.2	8.39		2.72	7.12	1.68		0.809	0.743	0.751	0.860	0.781
DeadVeg	[-]	9.88	9.44	5.96	19.8	8.39		3.61	7.86	1.57		0.771	0.726	0.771	0.846	0.768

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	12.8
CLM50	[-]	16.0	17.8	12.8	11.9	7.13		4.88	13.8	0.387		0.400	0.269	0.971	0.959	0.574
CTSM51	[-]	15.1	16.8	12.8	11.5	7.13		3.89	12.9	0.390		0.450	0.293	0.970	0.968	0.595
DeadVeg	[-]	17.3	18.8	12.8	13.9	7.13		5.95	12.8	0.476		0.327	0.359	0.964	0.949	0.591

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	50.5
CLM50	[-]	58.8	54.5	50.5	71.7	31.4		4.96	15.5	1.19		0.598	0.589	0.846	0.986	0.722
CTSM51	[-]	57.6	53.5	50.5	69.6	31.4		3.81	15.1	1.15		0.614	0.596	0.854	0.990	0.730
DeadVeg	[-]	56.4	52.7	50.5	67.3	31.4		3.38	15.9	1.26		0.626	0.574	0.845	0.966	0.717

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	54.7
CLM50	[-]	53.9	53.7	54.7	56.6			-0.565	12.5	0.528		0.749	0.520	0.953	0.989	0.746
CTSM51	[-]	51.7	51.5	54.7	54.7			-2.80	11.6	0.504		0.706	0.579	0.957	0.990	0.762
DeadVeg	[-]	47.9	47.6	54.7	50.3			-6.77	14.7	0.828		0.562	0.499	0.926	0.884	0.674

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	25.7
CLM50	[-]	31.2	31.0	25.7	32.8			5.25	13.5	0.312		0.559	0.415	0.977	0.970	0.667
CTSM51	[-]	30.1	29.9	25.7	31.7			4.10	12.0	0.306		0.619	0.476	0.977	0.982	0.706
DeadVeg	[-]	30.3	29.8	25.7	33.5			4.08	11.2	0.511		0.628	0.531	0.961	0.834	0.697

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	26.3
CLM50	[-]	26.5	26.9	26.2	29.9	32.7		0.780	11.6	1.09		0.767	0.544	0.874	0.991	0.744
CTSM51	[-]	27.0	27.4	26.2	31.2	32.7		1.24	11.5	1.08		0.756	0.553	0.876	0.987	0.745
DeadVeg	[-]	26.1	26.3	26.2	32.0	32.7		0.166	11.1	0.967		0.748	0.574	0.898	0.990	0.757

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	91.0
CLM50	[-]	94.4	94.4	91.1	93.1	78.2		3.35	14.7	2.07		0.702	0.661	0.680	0.997	0.740
CTSM51	[-]	92.6	92.8	91.1	90.2	78.2		1.67	14.4	1.99		0.711	0.666	0.699	0.985	0.745
DeadVeg	[-]	90.9	91.1	91.1	88.7	78.2		0.0444	18.3	2.27		0.576	0.624	0.653	0.866	0.668

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	66.6
CLM50	[-]	66.2	65.7	66.6	69.9			-0.677	15.3	1.22		0.686	0.593	0.849	0.995	0.743
CTSM51	[-]	63.7	63.2	66.6	67.1			-3.19	15.5	1.19		0.660	0.609	0.855	0.991	0.745
DeadVeg	[-]	61.8	61.4	66.6	62.8			-5.11	14.6	1.40		0.676	0.630	0.821	0.994	0.750

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]		Bias [W m-2]	RMSE [W m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	22.4
CLM50	[-]	27.5	27.9	22.4	23.1	10.7		5.17	14.2	1.45		0.555	0.530	0.805	0.949	0.674
CTSM51	[-]	27.2	27.7	22.4	22.7	10.7		4.94	14.0	1.41		0.548	0.544	0.813	0.950	0.680
DeadVeg	[-]	26.3	26.1	22.4	25.9	10.7		3.87	14.5	1.44		0.558	0.571	0.813	0.893	0.681

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:

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