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) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.503
Fullgrid	[-]	0.592	0.622	0.444	0.0747	0.0116		0.151	1.24	1.89		0.526	0.358	0.721	0.717	0.536
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.671	0.646	0.504	0.298	0.0257		0.155	1.45	2.85		0.505	0.332	0.530	0.735	0.487

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.92
Fullgrid	[-]	2.19	2.13	1.72	0.219	0.0703		0.377	3.98	2.46		0.572	0.331	0.613	0.901	0.550
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.30	2.31	1.92	0.120	0.0459		0.367	4.85	2.35		0.543	0.295	0.639	0.877	0.530

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.56
Fullgrid	[-]	2.69	2.80	1.54	0.430	0.0326		1.10	3.43	1.71		0.517	0.391	0.764	0.712	0.555
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.33	2.56	1.56	0.582	0.0301		1.01	3.71	2.07		0.524	0.365	0.695	0.743	0.539

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.0229
Fullgrid	[-]	0.0127	0.0133	0.0178	0.00473	0.00328		-0.00570	0.0536	2.21		0.791	0.584	0.662	0.278	0.580
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.0110	0.0122	0.0230	0.00476	0.000837		-0.0111	0.0702	2.32		0.745	0.480	0.644	0.105	0.491

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.0731
Fullgrid	[-]	0.146	0.142	0.0604	0.151	0.0184		0.0918	0.426	1.93		0.484	0.299	0.727	0.536	0.469
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.114	0.106	0.0746	0.120	0.0229		0.0323	0.367	3.14		0.459	0.224	0.481	0.602	0.398

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.0787
Fullgrid	[-]	0.0804	0.0821	0.0772	0.0156	0.00426		0.00279	0.234	1.22		0.676	0.518	0.850	0.734	0.659
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.0939	0.0935	0.0788	0.0269	0.00829		0.0142	0.283	1.47		0.580	0.390	0.805	0.690	0.571

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.123
Fullgrid	[-]	0.256	0.289	0.112	0.0283	0.00280		0.169	0.576	2.47		0.541	0.259	0.610	0.482	0.430
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.260	0.297	0.123	0.0598	0.00244		0.175	0.674	2.92		0.510	0.224	0.527	0.432	0.383

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.167
Fullgrid	[-]	0.268	0.283	0.178	0.158	0.0131		0.101	0.845	1.69		0.372	0.157	0.773	0.416	0.375
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.445	0.495	0.167	0.203	0.0104		0.332	1.06	2.44		0.342	0.142	0.619	0.341	0.317

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.00780
Fullgrid	[-]	0.00882	0.00959	0.00960	0.00218	0.00		-0.000373	0.0348	2.99		0.841	0.582	0.506	0.380	0.578
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.00867	0.00969	0.00780	0.00309	0.00		0.00174	0.0325	3.11		0.753	0.392	0.488	0.160	0.437

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.596
Fullgrid	[-]	0.858	0.868	0.525	0.656	0.214		0.337	1.24	1.63		0.605	0.517	0.781	0.659	0.616
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.851	0.900	0.598	0.444	0.229		0.292	1.33	1.92		0.559	0.446	0.719	0.751	0.584

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.0249
Fullgrid	[-]	0.0819	0.0856	0.0208	0.0634	0.0297		0.0653	0.218	2.37		0.391	0.154	0.640	0.306	0.329
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.0967	0.100	0.0249	0.0813	0.0278		0.0738	0.303	2.25		0.406	0.153	0.657	0.361	0.346

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.344
Fullgrid	[-]	0.487	0.569	0.322	0.0449	0.0379		0.217	0.899	2.06		0.558	0.358	0.691	0.742	0.542
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.482	0.578	0.345	0.0889	0.0415		0.231	1.05	2.51		0.525	0.297	0.606	0.735	0.492

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.0180
Fullgrid	[-]	0.0481	0.118	0.0190	0.00834	0.00195		0.104	0.338	2.70		0.450	0.305	0.567	0.300	0.386
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.0576	0.124	0.0180	0.0174	0.00245		0.111	0.334	2.99		0.499	0.309	0.508	0.175	0.360

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.0176
Fullgrid	[-]	0.00826	0.00910	0.0144	0.00143	0.00137		-0.00617	0.0414	3.51		0.907	0.662	0.409	0.326	0.593
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.0104	0.0119	0.0177	0.00225	0.00300		-0.00553	0.0606	3.62		0.865	0.528	0.389	0.470	0.556

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.104
Fullgrid	[-]	0.544	0.601	0.0903	0.252	0.0309		0.428	0.763	1.88		0.405	0.212	0.737	0.0648	0.326
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.462	0.546	0.105	0.262	0.0373		0.434	0.910	3.27		0.402	0.207	0.460	0.0632	0.268

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.0257
Fullgrid	[-]	0.0310	0.0332	0.0300	0.0330	0.00690		0.00556	0.0934	2.33		0.512	0.264	0.650	0.462	0.430
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.0618	0.0575	0.0258	0.110	0.00370		0.0311	0.139	2.63		0.468	0.184	0.586	0.601	0.405

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.0231
Fullgrid	[-]	0.0271	0.0286	0.0270	0.0124	0.000276		0.000652	0.0862	2.13		0.635	0.454	0.677	0.354	0.515
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.0382	0.0419	0.0232	0.0187	0.000191		0.0190	0.122	2.47		0.594	0.384	0.614	0.458	0.487

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.0253
Fullgrid	[-]	0.110	0.108	0.0292	0.0175	0.0512		0.0756	0.158	2.16		0.487	0.413	0.663	0.285	0.452
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.190	0.189	0.0253	0.0404	0.0727		0.160	0.299	2.75		0.389	0.276	0.552	0.0889	0.316

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.149
Fullgrid	[-]	0.130	0.143	0.130	0.137	0.0231		0.0123	0.294	1.30		0.583	0.427	0.829	0.475	0.548
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.196	0.198	0.149	0.187	0.0252		0.0463	0.458	2.45		0.534	0.311	0.611	0.336	0.420

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.225
Fullgrid	[-]	0.697	0.728	0.221	0.161	0.00894		0.473	0.981	1.40		0.403	0.280	0.820	0.245	0.405
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.740	0.786	0.226	0.235	0.00850		0.559	1.17	1.93		0.391	0.233	0.725	0.129	0.342

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [%]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]	Model Period Mean (complement) [%]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]		Bias [%]	RMSE [%]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.0429
Fullgrid	[-]	0.446	0.404	0.0286	0.0447	0.00328		0.334	0.459	1.86		0.508	0.352	0.718	0.0195	0.390
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.349	0.362	0.0432	0.0916	0.00420		0.314	0.488	2.28		0.425	0.239	0.640	0.135	0.336

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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.675	0.685		0.336	0.536	0.436
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.590	0.641		0.0535	0.169	0.111

	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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.598	0.764		0.683	0.693	0.688
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.477	0.625		0.442	0.368	0.405

	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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.687	0.726		0.451	0.474	0.462
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.565	0.584		0.331	0.382	0.356

	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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.643	0.885		0.511	0.468	0.489
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.650	0.746		0.509	0.487	0.498

	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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.727	0.705		0.00222	0.265	0.134
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.566	0.781		0.0951	0.456	0.276

	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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.742	0.804		0.779	0.532	0.655
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.717	0.707		0.735	0.374	0.555

	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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.687	0.791		0.236	0.182	0.209
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.687	0.724		0.0507	0.00184	0.0263

	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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.553	0.593		0.382	0.206	0.294
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.571	0.470		0.0168	0.000535	0.00866

	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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.629	0.870		0.342	0.376	0.359
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.648	0.730		0.507	0.487	0.497

	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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.667	0.759		0.519	0.555	0.537
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.565	0.637		0.209	0.487	0.348

	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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.713	0.857		0.0980	0.107	0.103
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.672	0.764		0.104	0.00697	0.0556

	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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.783	0.830		0.586	0.638	0.612
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.723	0.770		0.398	0.574	0.486

	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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.622	0.671		0.00105	0.000161	0.000606
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.641	0.667		0.000120	0.000520	0.000320

	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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.778	0.796		0.460	0.476	0.468
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.746	0.793		0.555	0.00981	0.283

	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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.679	0.776		0.0233	0.00113	0.0122
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.661	0.654		0.00348	0.00396	0.00372

	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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.836	0.909		0.455	0.714	0.584
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.632	0.830		0.0361	0.160	0.0982

	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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.861	0.878		0.542	0.595	0.568
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.778	0.807		0.202	0.221	0.212

	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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.734	0.811		0.0303	0.00532	0.0178
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.650	0.594		0.00876	2.47e-05	0.00439

	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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.772	0.739		0.473	0.0288	0.251
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.652	0.736		0.0105	4.35e-06	0.00527

	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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.703	0.731		0.0692	0.0879	0.0786
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.621	0.599		0.00217	0.117	0.0597

	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]
Fullgrid	[-]	0.636	0.871		9.68e-08	2.07e-05	1.04e-05
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.712	0.662		0.000297	0.00447	0.00238

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:

GFED version 4.1 burned area fraction with small fires (GFED4.1s)

  Version:

4.1s

  Institutions:

VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Earth and Climate Cluster, Netherlands

Goddard Space Flight Center, USA

University of California Irvine, Department of Earth System Science, USA

  Source:

Satellite (MODIS Terra and Aqua) derived product

  History:

2019-03-13: downloaded source from https://www.geo.vu.nl/~gwerf/GFED/GFED4/

2019-05-07: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-ba-gfed.py

  References:

van der Werf, G.R., J.T. Randerson, L. Giglio, T.T. van Leeuwen, Y. Chen, B.M. Rogers, M. Mu, M.J.E. van Marle, D.C. Morton, G.J. Collatz, R.J. Yokelson, and P.S. Kasibhatla (2017), Global fire emissions estimates during 1997-2016, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 697-720, doi:10.5194/essd-9-697-2017

Giglio, L., J.T. Randerson and G.R. van der Werf (2013), Analysis of daily, monthly, and annual burned area using the fourth-generation global fire emissions database (GFED4), J. of Geophys. Res.-Biogeosciences, 118(1), 317-328, doi:10.1002/jgrg.20042

Randerson, J.T., Y. Chen, G.R. van der Werf, B.M. Rogers and D.C. Morton (2012), Global burned area and biomass burning emissions from small fires, J. of Geophys. Res.-Biogeosciences, 117(G4), G04012, doi:10.1029/2012JG002128

  Comments:

time_period: 1997-01 through 2016-12

original_temporal_resolution: monthly

original_spatial_resolution: 0.25 degree

original_units: fractions

final_temporal_resolution: monthly

final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

final_units: %

  Convention:

CF-1.7