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	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.78
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	3.96	3.97	2.79	2.42	1.36		1.14	1.50	2.70		0.178	0.406	0.561	0.901	0.491
I67_GSWP3	[-]	3.15	3.10	2.78	2.39			0.285	0.840	2.73		0.335	0.465	0.557	0.965	0.558
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	3.46	3.46	2.78	2.58			0.646	1.13	2.62		0.251	0.436	0.571	0.951	0.529
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	3.50	3.49	2.79	2.12	1.36		0.661	1.15	2.69		0.243	0.423	0.559	0.949	0.519

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.897
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	1.02	0.966	0.897	1.02	0.871		0.0677	0.811	1.67		0.421	0.323	0.757	0.667	0.498
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.537	0.509	0.898	0.753	1.12		-0.390	0.693	2.10		0.402	0.355	0.672	0.860	0.529
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.873	0.833	0.897	1.19	1.12		-0.0644	0.717	1.51		0.417	0.341	0.787	0.876	0.553
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.874	0.839	0.897	0.899	0.871		-0.0593	0.756	1.70		0.410	0.331	0.753	0.840	0.533

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.26
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	1.96	1.94	1.26	1.94	1.12		0.691	1.30	2.15		0.398	0.365	0.672	0.372	0.434
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.944	0.932	1.26	1.30	1.62		-0.294	0.826	2.79		0.374	0.427	0.546	0.866	0.528
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	1.48	1.47	1.26	1.64	1.62		0.227	0.851	1.99		0.431	0.411	0.702	0.696	0.530
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	1.51	1.50	1.26	1.62	1.12		0.262	0.976	2.20		0.411	0.387	0.661	0.573	0.484

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.657
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.906	0.912	0.657	0.799	0.657		0.252	1.23	0.586		0.506	0.205	0.940	0.536	0.478
I67_GSWP3	[-]	1.10	1.10	0.650	1.21			0.461	1.52	0.608		0.422	0.149	0.952	0.587	0.452
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.869	0.872	0.657	0.835			0.207	1.11	0.467		0.547	0.227	0.959	0.654	0.523
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.855	0.860	0.657	0.756	0.657		0.200	1.12	0.541		0.545	0.229	0.947	0.600	0.510

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	3.97
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	5.51	5.53	4.00	5.07	3.69		1.43	1.58	2.91		0.212	0.662	0.534	0.982	0.611
I67_GSWP3	[-]	5.16	5.18	3.98	4.88	4.11		1.06	1.33	2.92		0.282	0.663	0.527	0.972	0.621
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	5.19	5.22	3.97	4.87	4.10		1.08	1.28	2.88		0.289	0.670	0.538	0.987	0.631
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	5.13	5.15	4.00	4.71	3.69		1.05	1.26	2.90		0.297	0.667	0.535	0.988	0.631

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.18
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	2.00	2.01	1.18	1.34	1.28		0.826	1.59	0.565		0.445	0.371	0.951	0.523	0.532
I67_GSWP3	[-]	2.39	2.40	1.17	3.02	1.36		1.25	1.76	0.657		0.339	0.453	0.936	0.268	0.490
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	1.91	1.91	1.18	1.66	1.37		0.732	1.42	0.526		0.480	0.399	0.956	0.629	0.572
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	1.90	1.91	1.18	1.33	1.28		0.727	1.46	0.571		0.471	0.389	0.950	0.559	0.552

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.653
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	1.38	1.38	0.652	1.47	1.07		0.784	1.09	1.24		0.262	0.287	0.844	0.422	0.420
I67_GSWP3	[-]	1.35	1.36	0.645	1.58	1.45		0.784	1.06	1.25		0.340	0.319	0.846	0.362	0.437
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	1.31	1.32	0.653	1.53	1.46		0.730	1.02	1.15		0.273	0.290	0.863	0.491	0.442
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	1.31	1.32	0.652	1.38	1.07		0.718	1.02	1.22		0.272	0.290	0.850	0.479	0.436

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.36
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	2.53	2.51	1.35	3.47	2.10		1.28	1.49	2.06		0.243	0.354	0.695	0.662	0.462
I67_GSWP3	[-]	1.86	1.81	1.36	2.61	2.93		0.562	0.947	2.96		0.355	0.418	0.515	0.802	0.502
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	2.37	2.34	1.36	3.25	2.95		1.11	1.28	1.95		0.243	0.381	0.718	0.792	0.503
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	2.37	2.35	1.35	3.15	2.10		1.10	1.31	2.03		0.255	0.358	0.701	0.743	0.483

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.627
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.904	0.923	0.629	0.656	0.402		0.276	1.27	0.897		0.481	0.195	0.893	0.424	0.438
I67_GSWP3	[-]	1.28	1.31	0.619	0.985	0.612		0.661	1.78	0.678		0.326	0.102	0.934	0.382	0.369
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.864	0.885	0.627	0.585	0.617		0.223	1.13	0.700		0.519	0.219	0.930	0.489	0.475
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.842	0.860	0.629	0.611	0.402		0.215	1.14	0.814		0.519	0.220	0.908	0.474	0.468

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.783
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	1.16	1.09	0.765	3.51	1.83		0.529	0.754	2.44		0.390	0.339	0.619	0.507	0.439
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.859	0.791	0.780	3.08	2.25		0.228	0.550	2.19		0.409	0.484	0.666	0.659	0.540
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	1.09	1.03	0.778	3.27	2.26		0.472	0.692	2.34		0.402	0.370	0.633	0.554	0.466
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	1.11	1.04	0.765	3.29	1.83		0.473	0.714	2.50		0.393	0.347	0.607	0.535	0.446

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.09
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	2.22	2.22	1.10	2.23	0.892		1.13	1.49	0.590		0.260	0.325	0.945	0.484	0.468
I67_GSWP3	[-]	2.24	2.22	1.07	2.57	0.619		1.18	1.50	0.739		0.256	0.362	0.929	0.368	0.456
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	2.24	2.24	1.09	2.31	0.633		1.15	1.46	0.546		0.252	0.338	0.953	0.558	0.488
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	2.23	2.23	1.10	2.25	0.892		1.15	1.49	0.585		0.251	0.330	0.947	0.501	0.472

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.23
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	1.77	1.95	1.22	0.299	1.72		0.775	1.19	1.76		0.300	0.373	0.742	0.775	0.513
I67_GSWP3	[-]	1.55	1.70	1.22	0.354	2.43		0.530	1.03	1.87		0.316	0.412	0.722	0.843	0.541
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	1.64	1.80	1.23	0.364	2.44		0.624	1.02	1.68		0.322	0.391	0.758	0.853	0.543
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	1.63	1.79	1.22	0.277	1.72		0.618	1.04	1.76		0.319	0.383	0.743	0.839	0.533

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.173
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.293	0.291	0.173	0.650	0.233		0.139	0.363	2.42		0.194	0.456	0.621	0.305	0.406
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.195	0.193	0.172	0.544	0.635		0.0432	0.264	2.37		0.205	0.480	0.635	0.491	0.458
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.287	0.284	0.173	0.682	0.642		0.140	0.351	2.40		0.197	0.442	0.624	0.332	0.408
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.295	0.293	0.173	0.654	0.233		0.141	0.363	2.42		0.195	0.455	0.622	0.301	0.406

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.528
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.825	0.820	0.530	0.541	0.380		0.268	0.940	1.18		0.400	0.288	0.845	0.465	0.457
I67_GSWP3	[-]	1.18	1.18	0.522	0.823	0.146		0.590	1.19	1.31		0.318	0.255	0.838	0.312	0.396
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.818	0.814	0.528	0.562	0.151		0.239	0.832	1.06		0.436	0.314	0.869	0.521	0.491
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.782	0.778	0.530	0.514	0.380		0.228	0.852	1.15		0.425	0.311	0.851	0.505	0.480

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.75
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	2.53	2.52	1.73	2.86	2.17		1.00	1.30	1.99		0.276	0.367	0.707	0.807	0.505
I67_GSWP3	[-]	1.84	1.81	1.72	2.33	4.02		0.238	0.763	2.11		0.386	0.491	0.677	0.934	0.596
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	2.39	2.35	1.73	3.08	4.03		0.813	1.07	1.79		0.292	0.409	0.739	0.898	0.549
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	2.36	2.36	1.73	2.63	2.17		0.816	1.14	1.99		0.304	0.379	0.706	0.853	0.524

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.54
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	2.55	2.59	1.54	1.87	1.05		1.11	1.49	1.19		0.375	0.479	0.863	0.609	0.561
I67_GSWP3	[-]	2.24	2.27	1.53	1.97	0.903		0.790	1.19	1.12		0.457	0.506	0.871	0.720	0.612
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	2.41	2.44	1.54	2.02	0.903		0.966	1.33	1.16		0.396	0.496	0.869	0.737	0.599
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	2.42	2.46	1.54	1.76	1.05		0.962	1.35	1.15		0.399	0.489	0.870	0.702	0.590

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.18
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	2.17	2.18	1.17	1.62	1.32		1.01	1.42	0.956		0.320	0.439	0.901	0.697	0.559
I67_GSWP3	[-]	3.10	3.10	1.17	2.57			1.95	2.27	1.02		0.170	0.449	0.889	0.359	0.463
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	2.13	2.14	1.18	1.87			0.979	1.35	0.836		0.332	0.462	0.921	0.761	0.588
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	2.15	2.16	1.17	1.62	1.32		0.994	1.39	0.948		0.327	0.447	0.902	0.705	0.566

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.596
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.998	1.00	0.595	3.87	1.10		0.445	0.759	1.15		0.290	0.266	0.856	0.564	0.448
I67_GSWP3	[-]	1.29	1.27	0.592	4.45			0.744	0.930	1.17		0.237	0.311	0.847	0.333	0.408
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.999	1.00	0.596	3.44			0.454	0.731	1.10		0.295	0.269	0.867	0.586	0.457
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.996	1.00	0.595	3.94	1.10		0.447	0.759	1.18		0.297	0.264	0.851	0.540	0.443

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	4.42
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	6.08	6.09	4.43	5.04	2.12		1.62	1.80	3.07		0.105	0.596	0.499	0.970	0.553
I67_GSWP3	[-]	4.99	5.01	4.43	4.48	1.60		0.534	1.08	2.97		0.241	0.622	0.514	0.982	0.596
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	5.50	5.51	4.42	4.77	1.59		1.04	1.26	3.01		0.190	0.613	0.510	0.910	0.567
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	5.46	5.48	4.43	4.56	2.12		1.01	1.25	3.04		0.194	0.612	0.504	0.943	0.573

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.82
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	3.68	3.65	1.82	4.11	1.68		1.84	2.22	2.12		0.168	0.396	0.687	0.605	0.451
I67_GSWP3	[-]	2.21	2.20	1.82	2.93	1.04		0.395	1.10	2.41		0.299	0.470	0.633	0.815	0.538
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	3.28	3.25	1.82	3.78	1.05		1.43	1.80	2.02		0.197	0.435	0.708	0.737	0.503
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	3.25	3.23	1.82	3.70	1.68		1.41	1.87	2.19		0.198	0.418	0.673	0.681	0.477

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.624
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	1.57	1.56	0.618	2.05	0.860		1.13	1.43	1.90		0.153	0.247	0.717	0.351	0.343
I67_GSWP3	[-]	1.60	1.63	0.622	1.54	1.39		1.10	1.31	1.67		0.123	0.249	0.766	0.470	0.371
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	1.67	1.68	0.624	1.98	1.39		1.18	1.43	1.75		0.150	0.246	0.742	0.374	0.352
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	1.55	1.55	0.618	2.04	0.860		1.11	1.41	1.87		0.152	0.247	0.724	0.361	0.346

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]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.677		0.509	0.509
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.706		0.661	0.661
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.688		0.633	0.633
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.733		0.606	0.606

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.598		0.377	0.377
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.615		0.652	0.652
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.605		0.586	0.586
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.572		0.512	0.512

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.706		0.330	0.330
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.595		0.756	0.756
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.709		0.501	0.501
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.678		0.483	0.483

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.561		0.569	0.569
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.527		0.398	0.398
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.530		0.571	0.571
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.571		0.596	0.596

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.808		0.673	0.673
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.770		0.730	0.730
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.789		0.737	0.737
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.763		0.733	0.733

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.507		0.467	0.467
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.568		0.249	0.249
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.500		0.507	0.507
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.490		0.500	0.500

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.575		0.171	0.171
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.625		0.178	0.178
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.547		0.205	0.205
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.572		0.215	0.215

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.679		0.348	0.348
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.680		0.587	0.587
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.656		0.443	0.443
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.666		0.408	0.408

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.741		0.421	0.421
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.567		0.285	0.285
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.707		0.485	0.485
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.719		0.477	0.477

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.701		0.222	0.222
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.667		0.442	0.442
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.681		0.252	0.252
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.703		0.259	0.259

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.562		0.322	0.322
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.563		0.274	0.274
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.531		0.328	0.328
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.554		0.313	0.313

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.483		0.571	0.571
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.617		0.713	0.713
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.601		0.628	0.628
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.599		0.628	0.628

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.678		0.132	0.132
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.702		0.311	0.311
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.686		0.130	0.130
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.680		0.126	0.126

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.653		0.355	0.355
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.666		0.231	0.231
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.660		0.248	0.248
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.640		0.380	0.380

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.702		0.539	0.539
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.755		0.766	0.766
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.711		0.618	0.618
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.697		0.596	0.596

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.713		0.377	0.377
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.672		0.506	0.506
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.662		0.428	0.428
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.708		0.434	0.434

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.637		0.363	0.363
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.663		0.124	0.124
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.611		0.350	0.350
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.633		0.336	0.336

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.581		0.258	0.258
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.538		0.105	0.105
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.596		0.310	0.310
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.591		0.232	0.232

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.685		0.641	0.641
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.621		0.789	0.789
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.656		0.734	0.734
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.680		0.731	0.731

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.585		0.306	0.306
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.572		0.586	0.586
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.622		0.402	0.402
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.575		0.389	0.389

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
I65_CRUJRA	[-]	0.675		0.0520	0.0520
I67_GSWP3	[-]	0.700		0.120	0.120
I68_CRUJRA	[-]	0.731		0.0668	0.0668
I69_CRUJRA	[-]	0.670		0.0536	0.0536

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

  Title:

NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of AVHRR Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR), AVH15C1

  Version:

5

  Institutions:

Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), NASA, USA

University of Maryland (UMD), USA

Climate Data Record (CDR), NOAA, USA

National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

  Source:

This daily gridded Leaf Area Index (LAI) derived from the NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Surface Reflectance.

  History:

2019-08-23: downloaded source from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C01559/html

2019-09-12: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-lai-avh15c1.py

  References:

Vermote, Eric (2019), NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of AVHRR Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) Version 5, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, , , doi:10.7289/V5TT4P69

Claverie, M., Matthews, J., Vermote, E., and Justice, C. (2016), A 30+ Year AVHRR LAI and FAPAR Climate Data Record: Algorithm Description and Validation, Remote Sensing, 8, 263, doi:10.3390/rs8030263

  Comments:

time_period: 1981-01 through 2019-12

original_temporal_resolution: daily

original_spatial_resolution: 0.05 degree

original_units: 1

final_temporal_resolution: monthly

final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

final_units: 1

  Convention:

CF-1.7