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	[-]	3.67
Fullgrid	[-]	3.67	3.62	3.71		2.90		-0.0339	1.02	0.657		0.602	0.658	0.909	0.984	0.762
Sparsegrid	[-]	3.63	3.59	3.69		2.88		-0.108	2.24	1.78		0.543	0.324	0.724	0.976	0.578

	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	[-]	2.50
Fullgrid	[-]	2.34	2.34	2.48		6.43		-0.107	0.733	0.182		0.557	0.639	0.981	0.987	0.761
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.26	2.25	2.49		6.64		-0.233	2.06	1.53		0.474	0.357	0.742	0.976	0.581

	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	[-]	2.40
Fullgrid	[-]	2.34	2.36	2.44		2.15		-0.0488	0.715	0.684		0.646	0.712	0.917	0.985	0.794
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.27	2.27	2.41		2.15		-0.132	1.31	1.20		0.560	0.510	0.832	0.977	0.678

	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	[-]	1.30
Fullgrid	[-]	0.958	0.958	1.33		1.53		-0.342	0.487	0.752		0.395	0.628	0.903	0.942	0.699
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.951	0.952	1.29		1.47		-0.332	0.540	0.884		0.438	0.569	0.883	0.930	0.678

	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	[-]	6.97
Fullgrid	[-]	7.73	7.76	7.25		6.32		0.187	2.01	1.33		0.463	0.672	0.820	0.987	0.723
Sparsegrid	[-]	7.38	7.44	7.07		6.08		0.359	3.59	2.81		0.405	0.306	0.538	0.974	0.506

	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	[-]	1.69
Fullgrid	[-]	1.45	1.46	1.72		2.52		-0.238	0.414	0.861		0.540	0.722	0.871	0.901	0.751
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.41	1.43	1.68		2.43		-0.257	0.478	0.993		0.526	0.636	0.871	0.924	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	[-]	1.77
Fullgrid	[-]	1.43	1.43	1.76		4.53		-0.184	0.531	0.884		0.556	0.696	0.867	0.987	0.760
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.56	1.55	1.75		4.46		-0.199	0.742	1.32		0.525	0.565	0.811	0.972	0.688

	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	[-]	3.95
Fullgrid	[-]	3.59	3.50	3.94		4.77		0.132	2.00	0.830		0.477	0.482	0.903	0.905	0.650
Sparsegrid	[-]	4.08	4.00	3.93		4.69		0.0648	2.84	1.58		0.416	0.321	0.765	0.871	0.539

	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	[-]	1.54
Fullgrid	[-]	1.11	1.12	1.57		1.04		-0.473	0.550	1.05		0.306	0.653	0.876	0.816	0.661
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.02	1.04	1.55		0.969		-0.510	0.634	1.29		0.280	0.571	0.834	0.877	0.627

	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	[-]	1.71
Fullgrid	[-]	1.42	1.40	1.68		2.88		-0.0431	0.511	0.744		0.627	0.724	0.901	0.958	0.787
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.59	1.56	1.67		2.90		-0.102	1.00	1.42		0.498	0.523	0.766	0.944	0.651

	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	[-]	2.55
Fullgrid	[-]	2.13	2.13	2.55		3.65		-0.364	0.661	1.12		0.402	0.708	0.828	0.981	0.725
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.11	2.11	2.53		3.69		-0.427	0.907	1.55		0.341	0.551	0.781	0.941	0.633

	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	[-]	2.28
Fullgrid	[-]	2.03	2.01	2.27		3.51		-0.0916	0.702	1.05		0.573	0.700	0.846	0.975	0.759
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.30	2.27	2.42		1.15		-0.146	1.29	1.60		0.502	0.521	0.757	0.967	0.653

	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	[-]	0.449
Fullgrid	[-]	0.401	0.392	0.444		1.10		-0.0274	0.231	1.17		0.749	0.812	0.826	0.969	0.834
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.393	0.390	0.444		1.10		-0.0527	0.341	2.00		0.684	0.706	0.685	0.951	0.746

	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	[-]	1.26
Fullgrid	[-]	1.06	1.06	1.25		1.64		-0.158	0.346	0.406		0.633	0.732	0.960	0.976	0.807
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.05	1.05	1.25		1.66		-0.192	0.465	0.672		0.562	0.652	0.936	0.957	0.752

	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	[-]	3.19
Fullgrid	[-]	2.90	2.88	3.13		4.48		0.0685	1.23	1.02		0.484	0.586	0.848	0.973	0.695
Sparsegrid	[-]	3.18	3.14	3.12		4.48		0.0164	2.80	3.20		0.422	0.209	0.462	0.967	0.454

	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	[-]	3.31
Fullgrid	[-]	2.98	2.94	3.29		3.92		-0.272	0.489	1.04		0.579	0.786	0.843	0.996	0.798
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.88	2.83	3.29		3.97		-0.461	0.911	1.99		0.419	0.557	0.687	0.991	0.642

	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	[-]	2.43
Fullgrid	[-]	2.13	2.10	2.38		5.18		-0.100	0.500	0.813		0.684	0.742	0.886	0.979	0.807
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.28	2.25	2.40		5.26		-0.155	0.700	0.902		0.552	0.616	0.881	0.961	0.725

	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	[-]	1.44
Fullgrid	[-]	1.23	1.24	1.44		1.13		-0.109	0.450	0.809		0.611	0.740	0.885	0.969	0.789
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.25	1.32	1.45		1.21		-0.128	0.784	2.05		0.485	0.485	0.680	0.951	0.617

	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	[-]	6.19
Fullgrid	[-]	6.20	6.15	6.25		4.59		-0.0762	1.45	0.759		0.589	0.692	0.918	0.947	0.768
Sparsegrid	[-]	6.41	6.36	6.21		4.58		0.150	3.34	1.97		0.496	0.358	0.694	0.963	0.574

	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	[-]	3.45
Fullgrid	[-]	3.22	3.23	3.46		3.66		-0.211	0.755	0.652		0.650	0.761	0.920	0.988	0.816
Sparsegrid	[-]	3.07	3.08	3.45		3.73		-0.374	1.56	1.87		0.504	0.511	0.704	0.968	0.640

	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	[-]	1.78
Fullgrid	[-]	1.48	1.45	1.73		2.38		-0.195	1.13	1.07		0.244	0.502	0.842	0.800	0.578
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.69	1.64	1.75		2.43		-0.0931	1.54	2.27		0.226	0.358	0.634	0.809	0.477

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:

GPCP Version 2.3 Combined Precipitation Dataset (Final)

  Version:

2.3

  Institutions:

NOAA/OAR/ESRL PSD, Boulder, Colorado, USA

ESSIC/CICS, University of Maryland, USA

  Source:

GPCC gauge analysis to bias correct satellite estimates over land and merge with satellite based on sampling

  History:

2019-04-18: downloaded source from http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.gpcp.html

2019-05-09: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-pr-gpcp.py

  References:

Adler, R.F., G.J. Huffman, A. Chang, R. Ferraro, P. Xie, J. Janowiak, B. Rudolf, U. Schneider, S. Curtis, D. Bolvin, A. Gruber, J. Susskind, P. Arkin (2003), The Version 2 Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Monthly Precipitation Analysis (1979 - Present), J. Hydrometeor., 4(6), 1147-1167

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  Comments:

time_period: 1979-01 through 2018-12

original_temporal_resolution: monthly

original_spatial_resolution: 2.5x2.5 degree

original_units: mm/day

final_temporal_resolution: monthly

final_spatial_resolution: 0.5x0.5 degree

final_units: kg/m2/s

  Convention:

CF-1.7