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) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	27.3
CLM50	[-]	28.6	28.6	27.3	27.3	18.0		1.11	4.03	0.703		0.410	0.629	0.901	0.993	0.713
CTSM51	[-]	28.8	28.8	27.3	27.4	18.0		1.31	4.08	0.748		0.414	0.584	0.895	0.994	0.694
DeadVeg	[-]	29.5	29.7	27.3	27.3	18.0		2.22	5.40	0.766		0.336	0.657	0.892	0.965	0.702

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	20.4
CLM50	[-]	22.2	22.1	20.4	19.5	25.0		1.65	4.05	0.245		0.581	0.728	0.978	0.962	0.795
CTSM51	[-]	22.7	22.6	20.4	19.5	25.0		2.11	4.20	0.268		0.571	0.722	0.976	0.965	0.791
DeadVeg	[-]	23.6	23.4	20.4	19.2	25.0		2.99	5.28	0.289		0.515	0.690	0.974	0.908	0.756

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	20.3
CLM50	[-]	23.1	23.1	20.3	24.1	16.9		2.72	4.38	0.611		0.502	0.745	0.930	0.953	0.775
CTSM51	[-]	23.4	23.4	20.3	24.5	16.9		3.02	4.43	0.673		0.494	0.741	0.920	0.963	0.772
DeadVeg	[-]	22.9	22.8	20.3	24.3	16.5		2.49	5.21	0.653		0.454	0.724	0.921	0.863	0.737

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	31.4
CLM50	[-]	42.1	40.8	31.4	58.9	21.9		9.98	15.6	0.589		0.157	0.0906	0.948	0.243	0.306
CTSM51	[-]	45.6	44.3	31.4	62.4	21.9		13.3	18.0	0.629		0.144	0.0982	0.939	0.221	0.300
DeadVeg	[-]	38.6	38.1	31.4	45.3	21.9		6.84	12.2	0.650		0.210	0.173	0.933	0.380	0.374

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	34.7
CLM50	[-]	39.1	40.0	34.7	37.3	27.8		5.34	6.47	0.895		0.246	0.645	0.896	0.640	0.615
CTSM51	[-]	39.4	40.4	34.7	37.7	27.8		5.75	6.76	0.945		0.232	0.641	0.888	0.636	0.608
DeadVeg	[-]	37.1	37.6	34.7	36.4	27.8		2.91	5.97	1.04		0.262	0.694	0.868	0.515	0.607

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	31.7
CLM50	[-]	39.7	39.6	31.7	41.7	19.8		8.02	12.5	0.462		0.176	0.119	0.951	0.536	0.380
CTSM51	[-]	40.1	40.1	31.7	43.6	19.8		8.47	12.9	0.538		0.182	0.135	0.943	0.423	0.363
DeadVeg	[-]	39.2	39.3	31.7	38.4	19.8		7.68	10.8	0.635		0.230	0.277	0.921	0.415	0.424

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	23.4
CLM50	[-]	24.8	24.8	23.4	29.2	22.8		1.49	5.00	1.43		0.347	0.574	0.774	0.929	0.639
CTSM51	[-]	25.2	25.2	23.4	29.3	22.8		1.92	4.99	1.45		0.345	0.594	0.770	0.924	0.646
DeadVeg	[-]	26.5	26.5	23.4	30.5	23.0		3.13	5.56	1.52		0.312	0.575	0.756	0.931	0.630

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	24.7
CLM50	[-]	28.1	27.8	24.7	31.0	23.8		3.14	5.55	0.572		0.463	0.656	0.938	0.965	0.735
CTSM51	[-]	28.3	28.0	24.7	31.0	23.8		3.35	5.57	0.580		0.458	0.655	0.938	0.971	0.736
DeadVeg	[-]	27.9	27.5	24.7	33.0	23.8		2.92	5.79	0.528		0.438	0.683	0.945	0.938	0.737

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	33.9
CLM50	[-]	53.3	52.4	33.9	65.4	27.8		18.6	22.6	0.590		0.107	0.0818	0.946	0.285	0.300
CTSM51	[-]	58.8	57.9	33.9	69.1	27.8		24.0	27.1	0.832		0.0987	0.140	0.914	0.250	0.308
DeadVeg	[-]	47.4	46.9	33.9	52.9	27.8		13.1	16.6	0.648		0.202	0.209	0.935	0.332	0.377

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	15.8
CLM50	[-]	17.8	17.5	15.8	23.4	17.5		1.98	3.24	0.520		0.550	0.792	0.931	0.920	0.797
CTSM51	[-]	18.2	17.9	15.8	23.9	17.5		2.35	3.36	0.576		0.538	0.803	0.928	0.910	0.796
DeadVeg	[-]	19.9	19.6	15.8	24.5	17.4		4.07	5.36	0.402		0.358	0.791	0.953	0.832	0.745

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	28.5
CLM50	[-]	35.8	35.9	28.6	34.4	20.4		7.19	8.95	0.524		0.279	0.417	0.954	0.774	0.568
CTSM51	[-]	36.8	37.1	28.6	35.1	20.4		8.25	9.72	0.535		0.250	0.434	0.954	0.691	0.552
DeadVeg	[-]	35.3	35.4	28.6	34.1	20.4		6.62	8.63	0.470		0.275	0.455	0.954	0.709	0.569

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	23.9
CLM50	[-]	28.5	28.1	23.9	32.9	18.8		4.32	6.83	0.748		0.361	0.539	0.906	0.763	0.622
CTSM51	[-]	29.2	28.9	23.9	33.4	18.8		5.06	7.26	0.785		0.354	0.546	0.902	0.708	0.611
DeadVeg	[-]	28.6	28.3	23.9	32.7	18.7		4.41	6.86	0.770		0.317	0.567	0.902	0.843	0.639

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	10.4
CLM50	[-]	13.4	13.2	10.4	18.9	10.4		2.91	3.41	0.951		0.289	0.664	0.869	0.986	0.695
CTSM51	[-]	13.4	13.2	10.4	18.9	10.4		2.90	3.37	0.950		0.290	0.674	0.869	0.986	0.699
DeadVeg	[-]	13.2	13.1	10.4	18.8	10.1		2.75	3.61	0.841		0.276	0.673	0.891	0.980	0.698

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	30.6
CLM50	[-]	48.1	47.3	30.6	52.2	21.8		17.0	20.4	0.663		0.0758	0.117	0.930	0.318	0.312
CTSM51	[-]	51.7	51.1	30.6	54.1	21.8		20.6	23.0	0.815		0.0542	0.122	0.914	0.346	0.312
DeadVeg	[-]	40.4	40.2	30.6	40.4	21.8		9.82	13.3	0.638		0.0953	0.194	0.930	0.499	0.383

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	22.1
CLM50	[-]	25.7	25.4	22.1	26.9	18.6		3.52	4.76	0.595		0.438	0.733	0.933	0.986	0.764
CTSM51	[-]	26.0	25.6	22.1	27.4	18.6		3.76	4.92	0.587		0.429	0.723	0.937	0.984	0.759
DeadVeg	[-]	26.6	25.8	22.2	30.0	18.6		4.24	5.80	0.367		0.408	0.719	0.961	0.902	0.742

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	30.1
CLM50	[-]	34.3	34.4	30.1	34.6	22.5		4.22	6.32	0.560		0.360	0.508	0.956	0.897	0.646
CTSM51	[-]	34.9	35.0	30.1	34.9	22.5		4.85	6.52	0.569		0.332	0.545	0.956	0.871	0.650
DeadVeg	[-]	35.8	35.9	30.1	35.9	22.4		5.73	7.26	0.500		0.282	0.578	0.958	0.901	0.659

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	29.4
CLM50	[-]	37.8	37.8	29.4	40.9	20.5		8.50	12.3	0.539		0.150	0.128	0.944	0.893	0.449
CTSM51	[-]	39.7	39.8	29.4	41.5	20.5		10.5	13.7	0.673		0.118	0.133	0.933	0.786	0.421
DeadVeg	[-]	38.8	39.0	29.4	38.7	20.5		9.71	12.1	0.770		0.123	0.180	0.910	0.850	0.449

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	21.3
CLM50	[-]	24.3	24.4	21.3	29.0	20.7		3.19	4.57	0.812		0.474	0.661	0.916	0.920	0.726
CTSM51	[-]	24.1	24.2	21.3	28.8	20.7		3.00	4.43	0.693		0.481	0.696	0.931	0.898	0.741
DeadVeg	[-]	25.3	25.3	21.3	30.5	20.7		4.14	5.18	0.701		0.408	0.731	0.926	0.892	0.738

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	33.9
CLM50	[-]	34.8	35.0	34.0	29.3	21.9		1.03	4.01	0.663		0.476	0.597	0.940	0.811	0.684
CTSM51	[-]	34.9	35.0	34.0	29.5	21.9		1.11	4.04	0.686		0.474	0.572	0.938	0.822	0.676
DeadVeg	[-]	35.8	35.9	33.9	31.0	21.8		2.02	5.81	0.670		0.341	0.587	0.943	0.693	0.630

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	26.9
CLM50	[-]	29.0	28.9	26.9	29.4	23.0		1.98	4.31	0.751		0.487	0.665	0.917	0.943	0.736
CTSM51	[-]	29.6	29.4	26.9	29.6	23.0		2.52	4.42	0.757		0.476	0.679	0.916	0.946	0.739
DeadVeg	[-]	30.7	30.6	26.9	28.5	22.9		3.58	6.23	0.810		0.337	0.706	0.908	0.860	0.703

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	19.0
CLM50	[-]	20.1	20.1	19.0	20.4	19.8		1.35	4.28	0.573		0.483	0.639	0.941	0.935	0.727
CTSM51	[-]	20.4	20.4	19.0	20.7	19.8		1.70	4.57	0.568		0.473	0.630	0.940	0.912	0.717
DeadVeg	[-]	20.1	20.2	19.0	21.0	19.8		1.39	4.98	0.935		0.415	0.615	0.884	0.927	0.692

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:

Observation-based global multilayer soil moisture products for 1970 to 2016

  Version:

1

  Institutions:

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Source:

Offline land surface models, reanalysis, and satellite soil moisture datasets combined using the Optimal Linear Combination technique of Hobeichi, 2018 (doi:10.5194/hess-22-1317-2018)

  History:

2021-09-14: downloaded https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-v8QmowHzZrvUHWUdmSJw5rtwfxYJnfA/view?usp=sharing

2021-09-14: selected top 10cm, converted unit from vol-% to kg m-2

  References:

Wang, Y. and Mao, J. and Jin, M. and Hoffman, F. M. and Shi, X. and Wullschleger, S. D. and Dai, Y. (2021), Development of observation-based global multilayer soil moisture products for 1970 to 2016, Earth System Science Data, 4385--4405, 10.5194/essd-13-4385-2021

  Comments:

time_period: 1970-01 through 2016-12

temporal_resolution: monthly

spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

units: kg m-2

  Convention:

CF-1.8