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	[-]	0.936
CLM50	[-]	1.01	1.00	0.936	1.23	1.04		0.0840	0.639	1.86		0.605	0.644	0.721	0.951	0.713
CTSM51	[-]	1.03	1.03	0.936	1.29	1.04		0.116	0.642	1.90		0.604	0.644	0.712	0.950	0.711
DeadVeg	[-]	1.12	1.10	0.936	1.52	1.04		0.186	0.625	1.74		0.610	0.657	0.733	0.947	0.721

	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	[-]	0.387
CLM50	[-]	0.730	0.726	0.386	0.473	3.40		0.340	0.642	0.936		0.391	0.455	0.884	0.873	0.612
CTSM51	[-]	0.778	0.771	0.386	0.567	3.40		0.385	0.685	0.942		0.373	0.449	0.885	0.843	0.599
DeadVeg	[-]	0.832	0.829	0.386	0.703	3.40		0.444	0.726	0.964		0.353	0.456	0.880	0.825	0.594

	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	[-]	0.650	0.649	0.385	0.636	0.694		0.263	0.602	1.50		0.504	0.592	0.791	0.881	0.672
CTSM51	[-]	0.758	0.756	0.385	0.748	0.694		0.371	0.687	1.50		0.438	0.582	0.788	0.824	0.643
DeadVeg	[-]	0.709	0.704	0.385	0.725	0.694		0.317	0.629	1.54		0.470	0.611	0.780	0.879	0.670

	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	[-]	0.634
CLM50	[-]	0.617	0.542	0.634	0.973			-0.0821	1.08	1.42		0.520	0.360	0.836	0.853	0.586
CTSM51	[-]	0.653	0.581	0.634	0.995			-0.0447	1.03	1.32		0.523	0.375	0.845	0.825	0.589
DeadVeg	[-]	0.445	0.417	0.634	0.585			-0.213	0.858	1.51		0.444	0.441	0.825	0.951	0.620

	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	[-]	3.13
CLM50	[-]	4.83	5.49	3.13	3.86	2.23		2.28	2.74	1.27		0.323	0.702	0.817	0.869	0.683
CTSM51	[-]	4.84	5.47	3.13	3.91	2.23		2.27	2.73	1.27		0.326	0.701	0.817	0.874	0.684
DeadVeg	[-]	4.34	4.76	3.13	3.74	2.23		1.57	2.19	1.25		0.443	0.722	0.821	0.938	0.729

	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	[-]	0.599
CLM50	[-]	0.621	0.610	0.599	0.833			0.0140	0.761	1.75		0.545	0.504	0.753	0.936	0.649
CTSM51	[-]	0.627	0.614	0.599	0.863			0.0186	0.744	1.55		0.533	0.521	0.783	0.917	0.655
DeadVeg	[-]	0.636	0.628	0.599	0.820			0.0320	0.624	1.51		0.584	0.591	0.793	0.956	0.703

	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	[-]	0.424
CLM50	[-]	0.451	0.446	0.424	0.609	0.861		0.0352	0.437	1.29		0.494	0.600	0.821	0.903	0.684
CTSM51	[-]	0.469	0.463	0.424	0.650	0.861		0.0522	0.451	1.28		0.495	0.590	0.823	0.887	0.677
DeadVeg	[-]	0.454	0.438	0.424	0.647	0.861		0.0238	0.379	1.35		0.556	0.670	0.815	0.935	0.729

	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	[-]	1.20
CLM50	[-]	1.69	1.47	1.20	2.98	1.05		0.303	1.56	1.15		0.473	0.318	0.850	0.873	0.566
CTSM51	[-]	1.78	1.55	1.20	3.10	1.05		0.389	1.57	1.13		0.462	0.319	0.851	0.866	0.563
DeadVeg	[-]	1.76	1.48	1.20	3.47	1.05		0.337	1.37	1.30		0.465	0.437	0.831	0.917	0.618

	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	[-]	0.697
CLM50	[-]	0.770	0.773	0.697	0.764	0.606		0.0753	1.60	1.23		0.474	0.186	0.886	0.876	0.522
CTSM51	[-]	0.819	0.821	0.697	0.821	0.606		0.124	1.50	1.03		0.464	0.198	0.911	0.844	0.523
DeadVeg	[-]	0.581	0.587	0.697	0.575	0.606		-0.108	1.22	1.29		0.490	0.259	0.878	0.949	0.567

	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	[-]	0.149
CLM50	[-]	0.311	0.248	0.146	0.823	2.10		0.114	0.240	1.38		0.417	0.596	0.809	0.865	0.656
CTSM51	[-]	0.327	0.250	0.146	0.952	2.10		0.119	0.237	1.39		0.447	0.601	0.807	0.849	0.661
DeadVeg	[-]	0.263	0.193	0.146	0.825	2.10		0.0582	0.212	1.53		0.490	0.638	0.782	0.896	0.689

	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	[-]	0.818
CLM50	[-]	1.12	1.06	0.818	1.42	0.672		0.239	0.787	2.29		0.402	0.439	0.649	0.896	0.565
CTSM51	[-]	1.16	1.09	0.818	1.45	0.672		0.274	0.828	2.24		0.374	0.413	0.658	0.881	0.548
DeadVeg	[-]	0.970	0.893	0.818	1.30	0.672		0.0812	0.622	2.72		0.492	0.521	0.564	0.963	0.612

	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	[-]	0.724
CLM50	[-]	0.809	0.843	0.724	0.673	1.05		0.133	0.713	1.52		0.522	0.554	0.786	0.924	0.668
CTSM51	[-]	0.841	0.877	0.724	0.698	1.05		0.169	0.722	1.47		0.513	0.553	0.792	0.919	0.666
DeadVeg	[-]	3.81	0.849	0.724	15.2	1.05		0.140	0.653	1.53		0.530	0.604	0.784	0.941	0.693

	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	[-]	0.0549
CLM50	[-]	0.0476	0.0425	0.0548	0.102	0.198		-0.0106	0.110	2.04		0.703	0.693	0.681	0.792	0.712
CTSM51	[-]	0.0454	0.0404	0.0548	0.0974	0.198		-0.0127	0.106	2.01		0.708	0.698	0.686	0.796	0.717
DeadVeg	[-]	0.0614	0.0565	0.0548	0.136	0.198		0.00307	0.0811	1.93		0.721	0.763	0.701	0.873	0.764

	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	[-]	0.780
CLM50	[-]	0.662	0.652	0.780	0.672	0.675		-0.117	1.01	1.47		0.509	0.403	0.816	0.934	0.613
CTSM51	[-]	0.692	0.687	0.780	0.689	0.675		-0.0820	0.991	1.33		0.527	0.407	0.838	0.934	0.623
DeadVeg	[-]	0.484	0.499	0.780	0.433	0.675		-0.273	0.916	1.49		0.396	0.442	0.818	0.909	0.602

	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	[-]	0.872
CLM50	[-]	1.03	0.937	0.873	1.32	0.158		0.101	0.775	1.11		0.524	0.502	0.862	0.944	0.667
CTSM51	[-]	1.08	0.971	0.873	1.40	0.158		0.142	0.788	1.12		0.523	0.500	0.858	0.943	0.665
DeadVeg	[-]	1.05	0.921	0.873	1.44	0.158		0.104	0.755	1.17		0.512	0.546	0.845	0.946	0.679

	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	[-]	0.924
CLM50	[-]	1.23	1.25	0.924	1.16			0.323	0.555	1.77		0.459	0.676	0.739	0.980	0.706
CTSM51	[-]	1.30	1.33	0.924	1.22			0.400	0.602	1.70		0.379	0.671	0.750	0.970	0.688
DeadVeg	[-]	1.25	1.28	0.924	1.22			0.359	0.529	1.89		0.433	0.725	0.716	0.970	0.713

	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	[-]	0.972
CLM50	[-]	1.10	0.938	0.972	1.86			-0.0263	0.956	1.58		0.587	0.482	0.782	0.948	0.656
CTSM51	[-]	1.14	0.979	0.972	1.90			0.0149	0.893	1.42		0.591	0.495	0.804	0.946	0.666
DeadVeg	[-]	1.07	0.949	0.972	1.69			-0.0158	0.784	1.44		0.564	0.570	0.800	0.960	0.693

	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	[-]	0.247
CLM50	[-]	0.340	0.314	0.246	1.32	2.06		0.0842	0.363	1.86		0.507	0.579	0.718	0.909	0.658
CTSM51	[-]	0.322	0.297	0.246	1.28	2.06		0.0678	0.350	1.83		0.516	0.591	0.726	0.913	0.668
DeadVeg	[-]	0.333	0.309	0.246	1.18	2.06		0.0751	0.301	1.94		0.531	0.648	0.704	0.948	0.696

	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	[-]	3.12
CLM50	[-]	2.97	2.99	3.12	2.72	1.57		-0.100	1.58	0.946		0.524	0.513	0.886	0.966	0.680
CTSM51	[-]	3.03	3.05	3.12	2.82	1.57		-0.0381	1.58	0.921		0.522	0.514	0.892	0.967	0.681
DeadVeg	[-]	3.25	3.27	3.12	2.91	1.57		0.177	1.65	0.997		0.487	0.502	0.881	0.943	0.663

	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	[-]	0.610
CLM50	[-]	1.02	1.01	0.610	1.10			0.404	0.682	1.49		0.560	0.710	0.784	0.927	0.738
CTSM51	[-]	1.11	1.10	0.610	1.20			0.495	0.752	1.48		0.507	0.701	0.787	0.903	0.720
DeadVeg	[-]	1.12	1.10	0.610	1.28			0.500	0.745	1.52		0.508	0.707	0.788	0.888	0.719

	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	[-]	0.437
CLM50	[-]	0.553	0.528	0.436	0.819	0.732		0.138	0.524	1.79		0.517	0.611	0.733	0.793	0.653
CTSM51	[-]	0.563	0.535	0.436	0.832	0.732		0.145	0.532	1.77		0.514	0.608	0.736	0.790	0.651
DeadVeg	[-]	0.487	0.460	0.436	0.821	0.732		0.0778	0.479	1.61		0.558	0.643	0.770	0.871	0.697

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

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