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	[-]	2.49
Fullgrid	[-]	2.68	2.69	2.48	2.08			0.187	0.701	2.91		0.544	0.637	0.522	0.986	0.665
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.51	2.52	2.49	2.19			0.0179	0.791	2.53		0.599	0.528	0.595	0.989	0.648

	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	[-]	1.04
Fullgrid	[-]	1.62	1.67	1.21	0.900			0.462	1.02	1.02		0.314	0.445	0.870	0.835	0.582
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.54	1.57	1.04	1.26			0.529	1.26	2.05		0.264	0.318	0.684	0.753	0.467

	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	[-]	1.76
Fullgrid	[-]	1.66	1.66	1.66	1.76	2.83		0.0180	0.785	1.31		0.533	0.527	0.842	0.946	0.675
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.64	1.64	1.76	1.63	2.80		-0.122	0.900	1.52		0.466	0.483	0.794	0.899	0.625

	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	[-]	0.842
Fullgrid	[-]	0.520	0.526	0.854	0.470	1.17		-0.330	0.439	0.496		0.0963	0.448	0.966	0.905	0.573
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.519	0.531	0.842	0.494	1.15		-0.310	0.434	0.407		0.155	0.425	0.972	0.982	0.592

	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	[-]	3.77
Fullgrid	[-]	3.97	3.97	3.76	3.98	4.03		0.226	0.549	3.05		0.564	0.697	0.499	0.826	0.657
Sparsegrid	[-]	3.91	4.02	3.77	3.87	3.99		0.250	0.655	2.94		0.456	0.663	0.523	0.764	0.614

	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	[-]	1.12
Fullgrid	[-]	0.841	0.843	1.11	0.808	1.41		-0.271	0.449	0.688		0.216	0.408	0.952	0.985	0.594
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.826	0.828	1.12	0.878	1.36		-0.292	0.452	0.572		0.191	0.431	0.961	0.955	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	[-]	1.19
Fullgrid	[-]	0.992	1.09	1.17	0.617	1.97		-0.0573	0.639	1.52		0.560	0.360	0.776	0.947	0.601
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.05	1.10	1.19	0.846	2.00		-0.0852	0.683	1.58		0.504	0.343	0.761	0.909	0.572

	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	[-]	2.08
Fullgrid	[-]	2.15	2.18	2.11	1.75	3.64		0.178	0.785	1.80		0.483	0.538	0.744	0.933	0.647
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.29	2.19	2.08	2.53	3.58		0.109	0.982	2.51		0.438	0.459	0.604	0.945	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	[-]	0.789
Fullgrid	[-]	0.540	0.568	0.786	0.369	0.702		-0.219	0.351	0.564		0.250	0.485	0.962	0.989	0.634
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.495	0.539	0.789	0.364	0.671		-0.251	0.363	0.552		0.183	0.511	0.963	0.970	0.628

	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	[-]	0.755
Fullgrid	[-]	1.18	1.13	0.782	1.78	2.15		0.411	0.652	1.82		0.442	0.620	0.715	0.945	0.668
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.26	1.15	0.752	1.79	2.16		0.400	0.746	2.41		0.420	0.565	0.604	0.889	0.609

	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	[-]	1.31
Fullgrid	[-]	1.21	1.23	1.32	1.16	1.30		-0.0954	0.462	0.543		0.532	0.563	0.962	0.981	0.720
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.15	1.17	1.31	1.12	1.29		-0.144	0.515	0.439		0.475	0.536	0.962	0.964	0.695

	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	[-]	1.23	1.55	1.56	0.400	2.80		0.0251	0.647	1.41		0.448	0.497	0.807	0.978	0.645
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.40	1.55	1.54	0.940	2.78		0.00385	0.750	1.69		0.409	0.447	0.751	0.970	0.605

	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	[-]	0.590
Fullgrid	[-]	0.359	0.885	0.604	0.216	0.594		0.293	0.762	2.13		0.502	0.365	0.675	0.945	0.570
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.340	0.845	0.590	0.211	0.544		0.257	0.775	2.51		0.512	0.354	0.598	0.936	0.551

	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	[-]	0.877
Fullgrid	[-]	0.592	0.679	0.875	0.375	1.02		-0.193	0.371	0.638		0.371	0.455	0.957	0.920	0.632
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.540	0.641	0.877	0.379	1.01		-0.236	0.388	0.634		0.292	0.476	0.956	0.904	0.621

	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	[-]	2.11
Fullgrid	[-]	2.10	2.02	2.13	2.43	3.53		0.0595	0.666	1.54		0.583	0.586	0.792	0.988	0.707
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.25	2.14	2.10	2.40	3.48		0.0350	1.07	3.37		0.524	0.324	0.434	0.980	0.517

	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	[-]	1.88
Fullgrid	[-]	1.79	1.77	1.88	1.86	1.89		-0.0856	0.539	0.738		0.478	0.470	0.946	0.912	0.655
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.76	1.72	1.88	1.98	1.88		-0.159	0.594	0.891		0.479	0.439	0.917	0.958	0.646

	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	[-]	1.13
Fullgrid	[-]	1.05	1.04	1.13	1.20	1.29		-0.0885	0.391	0.395		0.596	0.476	0.973	0.966	0.698
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.07	1.05	1.13	1.19	1.29		-0.0788	0.424	0.532		0.570	0.442	0.965	0.984	0.680

	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	[-]	0.790
Fullgrid	[-]	0.886	0.879	0.787	0.965	1.08		0.0995	0.640	1.93		0.582	0.407	0.698	0.961	0.611
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.941	0.941	0.790	1.22	1.18		0.150	0.736	1.98		0.518	0.364	0.696	0.931	0.575

	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	[-]	3.56
Fullgrid	[-]	3.35	3.35	3.62	3.13	3.94		-0.282	0.677	2.09		0.485	0.660	0.701	0.989	0.699
Sparsegrid	[-]	3.28	3.28	3.56	3.01	3.87		-0.277	0.838	2.82		0.446	0.562	0.543	0.987	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	[-]	1.84
Fullgrid	[-]	2.28	2.27	1.97	2.29	3.38		0.303	0.978	1.63		0.319	0.481	0.781	0.868	0.586
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.25	2.23	1.84	2.33	3.42		0.392	1.20	1.68		0.279	0.419	0.770	0.909	0.559

	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	[-]	1.17
Fullgrid	[-]	0.993	1.10	1.17	0.569	1.77		-0.0592	0.673	1.90		0.393	0.531	0.718	0.945	0.624
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.07	1.22	1.17	0.582	1.74		0.0549	0.909	2.75		0.368	0.365	0.559	0.939	0.519

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	[-]	0.742	0.667		0.878	0.832	0.855
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.567	0.654		0.791	0.820	0.806

	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	[-]	0.648	0.645		0.577	0.665	0.621
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.507	0.545		0.574	0.719	0.646

	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	[-]	0.662	0.689		0.834	0.857	0.846
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.586	0.607		0.839	0.804	0.822

	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	[-]	0.614	0.724		0.641	0.645	0.643
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.585	0.669		0.781	0.682	0.731

	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	[-]	0.716	0.779		0.907	0.817	0.862
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.596	0.771		0.885	0.949	0.917

	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	[-]	0.425	0.479		0.796	0.801	0.799
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.433	0.562		0.789	0.780	0.785

	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	[-]	0.642	0.750		0.852	0.835	0.843
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.599	0.687		0.845	0.780	0.812

	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	[-]	0.613	0.697		0.817	0.756	0.787
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.549	0.617		0.737	0.745	0.741

	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	[-]	0.736	0.661		0.757	0.715	0.736
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.702	0.600		0.787	0.738	0.763

	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	[-]	0.583	0.617		0.764	0.710	0.737
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.550	0.491		0.684	0.668	0.676

	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	[-]	0.673	0.664		0.801	0.860	0.830
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.618	0.725		0.765	0.811	0.788

	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	[-]	0.596	0.721		0.936	0.813	0.875
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.668	0.684		0.889	0.826	0.857

	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	[-]	0.573	0.545		0.558	0.690	0.624
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.539	0.500		0.568	0.645	0.606

	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	[-]	0.623	0.622		0.816	0.797	0.807
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.633	0.587		0.703	0.746	0.725

	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	[-]	0.627	0.690		0.840	0.918	0.879
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.554	0.639		0.882	0.863	0.873

	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	[-]	0.758	0.665		0.915	0.905	0.910
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.694	0.631		0.776	0.885	0.830

	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	[-]	0.715	0.778		0.820	0.947	0.883
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.743	0.746		0.824	0.913	0.868

	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	[-]	0.669	0.740		0.817	0.779	0.798
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.629	0.659		0.732	0.566	0.649

	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	[-]	0.610	0.635		0.866	0.894	0.880
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.526	0.524		0.780	0.796	0.788

	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	[-]	0.570	0.641		0.763	0.716	0.739
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.530	0.598		0.706	0.734	0.720

	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	[-]	0.631	0.615		0.731	0.745	0.738
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.538	0.624		0.605	0.707	0.656

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:

MODIS Global Terrestrial Evaportranspiration

  Version:

MOD16A2

  Institutions:

Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, University of Montana, USA

  Source:

MODIS (MOD16A2 level 4) global terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET) based on the Penman-Monteith (P-M) algorithm with MERRA meteorological forcings

  History:

2019-08-19: downloaded source from http://files.ntsg.umt.edu/data/NTSG_Products/MOD16/

2019-08-21: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-et-modisA2.py

  References:

Mu, Q.Z., M. Zhao, and S.W. Running (2011), Improvements to a MODIS global terrestrial evapotranspiration algorithm, Remote Sensing of Environment, 115, 1781-1800, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2011.02.019

  Comments:

time_period: 2000-01 through 2014-12

original_temporal_resolution: monthly

original_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

original_units: mm/month

final_temporal_resolution: monthly

final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

final_units: kg/m2/s

  Convention:

CF-1.7