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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 67.3
Fullgrid [-] 77.6 77.5 67.7 71.0 3.28 9.35 18.2 1.89 0.506 0.589 0.707 0.992 0.677
Sparsegrid [-] 73.2 72.9 67.3 69.4 3.75 5.39 21.4 1.89 0.548 0.449 0.721 0.989 0.631
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Benchmark [-] 47.9
Fullgrid [-] 46.9 47.6 48.1 46.3 -0.477 19.6 0.969 0.496 0.452 0.875 0.951 0.645
Sparsegrid [-] 45.8 46.0 47.9 47.9 -1.86 28.1 1.91 0.433 0.292 0.704 0.910 0.526
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Benchmark [-] 47.0
Fullgrid [-] 47.8 46.8 48.5 58.7 9.26 -1.65 16.7 1.06 0.563 0.599 0.860 0.980 0.720
Sparsegrid [-] 46.8 45.4 47.0 52.7 8.06 -1.48 20.9 1.56 0.509 0.475 0.785 0.977 0.644
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Benchmark [-] 11.0
Fullgrid [-] 15.0 15.4 11.6 13.2 3.81 9.54 0.366 0.452 0.434 0.975 0.981 0.655
Sparsegrid [-] 15.2 15.6 11.0 14.7 4.67 11.1 0.371 0.361 0.355 0.974 0.899 0.589
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Bias [W m-2]
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Bias Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 97.7
Fullgrid [-] 114. 115. 98.8 113. 107. 16.4 20.6 2.02 0.431 0.743 0.694 0.992 0.721
Sparsegrid [-] 113. 118. 97.7 112. 109. 19.8 26.6 2.83 0.322 0.614 0.543 0.792 0.577
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Bias [W m-2]
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Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 22.5
Fullgrid [-] 24.2 24.3 23.0 23.2 7.98 1.30 10.8 0.640 0.672 0.432 0.955 0.965 0.691
Sparsegrid [-] 23.8 23.8 22.5 25.0 7.98 1.36 12.1 0.585 0.639 0.361 0.959 0.964 0.657
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Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]
Bias [W m-2]
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Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 24.9
Fullgrid [-] 28.8 27.7 25.0 42.8 41.6 3.05 10.6 0.840 0.695 0.604 0.917 0.987 0.761
Sparsegrid [-] 30.5 28.4 24.9 45.0 42.2 3.56 13.3 0.887 0.625 0.505 0.909 0.973 0.703
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Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]
Bias [W m-2]
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Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 51.5
Fullgrid [-] 62.6 58.6 53.0 80.8 6.70 18.9 1.32 0.606 0.495 0.820 0.982 0.680
Sparsegrid [-] 65.7 55.5 51.5 89.5 3.90 24.3 1.97 0.522 0.406 0.701 0.978 0.602
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Bias Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 12.8
Fullgrid [-] 15.5 16.3 12.8 13.2 3.41 10.6 0.276 0.539 0.381 0.980 0.986 0.653
Sparsegrid [-] 14.4 15.7 12.8 12.5 2.77 10.5 0.290 0.556 0.376 0.979 0.977 0.653
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Bias [W m-2]
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Bias Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 26.2
Fullgrid [-] 32.4 29.7 26.3 50.5 14.1 4.22 12.2 0.988 0.671 0.607 0.890 0.984 0.752
Sparsegrid [-] 35.4 30.2 26.2 51.4 15.4 4.11 17.8 1.71 0.546 0.445 0.766 0.972 0.635
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Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]
Bias [W m-2]
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Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
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Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 32.7
Fullgrid [-] 35.0 36.2 33.2 32.3 2.89 12.0 0.553 0.709 0.539 0.954 0.993 0.747
Sparsegrid [-] 33.5 34.9 32.7 31.8 2.18 14.0 0.769 0.652 0.471 0.926 0.976 0.699
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Bias Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 36.1
Fullgrid [-] 35.5 39.0 36.4 22.2 45.9 3.12 13.2 1.10 0.627 0.576 0.860 0.987 0.725
Sparsegrid [-] 40.7 38.7 36.1 45.9 46.4 2.65 17.1 1.48 0.568 0.469 0.793 0.981 0.656
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Bias [W m-2]
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Bias Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 5.94
Fullgrid [-] 10.4 9.42 5.96 19.0 3.76 7.64 1.58 0.767 0.740 0.766 0.820 0.767
Sparsegrid [-] 10.4 9.47 5.94 15.2 3.61 9.19 1.87 0.736 0.685 0.719 0.741 0.713
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Bias [W m-2]
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Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 12.9
Fullgrid [-] 17.3 18.7 12.8 14.3 15.0 5.87 12.6 0.527 0.328 0.367 0.960 0.956 0.596
Sparsegrid [-] 16.1 18.1 12.9 13.4 14.6 5.30 13.0 0.575 0.358 0.340 0.950 0.955 0.589
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Bias Score [1]
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Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 51.4
Fullgrid [-] 61.9 55.6 50.5 76.4 70.1 7.92 18.6 1.16 0.518 0.562 0.868 0.911 0.684
Sparsegrid [-] 65.3 56.9 51.4 72.8 70.9 5.55 33.4 3.53 0.485 0.207 0.396 0.892 0.437
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Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]
Bias [W m-2]
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Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 54.8
Fullgrid [-] 52.0 51.4 54.7 53.2 -2.94 11.9 0.805 0.704 0.575 0.929 0.915 0.739
Sparsegrid [-] 51.9 50.2 54.8 57.1 -4.55 15.8 1.11 0.638 0.447 0.879 0.979 0.678
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Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]
Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]
Bias [W m-2]
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Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 25.4
Fullgrid [-] 30.7 30.1 25.7 33.1 4.38 10.7 0.512 0.613 0.552 0.960 0.924 0.720
Sparsegrid [-] 31.5 30.5 25.4 33.8 5.02 12.3 0.671 0.543 0.500 0.943 0.987 0.695
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 26.8
Fullgrid [-] 26.2 26.0 26.3 29.3 19.3 -0.0950 10.6 0.895 0.736 0.597 0.906 0.987 0.764
Sparsegrid [-] 28.0 27.8 26.8 37.2 23.0 1.08 17.9 1.83 0.600 0.398 0.731 0.905 0.606
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Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]
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Bias Score [1]
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Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 90.6
Fullgrid [-] 96.6 96.5 91.0 93.3 84.7 5.22 18.7 2.07 0.559 0.631 0.687 0.848 0.671
Sparsegrid [-] 94.1 94.3 90.6 89.0 84.9 3.69 23.6 2.52 0.502 0.521 0.609 0.718 0.574
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Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 67.4
Fullgrid [-] 65.8 65.6 66.6 65.3 -0.965 13.7 1.32 0.709 0.644 0.830 0.992 0.764
Sparsegrid [-] 64.7 64.0 67.4 66.9 -3.33 21.7 1.76 0.563 0.495 0.745 0.931 0.646
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Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 22.7
Fullgrid [-] 28.1 28.1 22.4 25.9 41.6 5.42 16.4 1.53 0.483 0.555 0.788 0.861 0.648
Sparsegrid [-] 30.6 30.6 22.7 25.1 40.4 8.18 24.0 2.30 0.431 0.351 0.642 0.840 0.523

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Data Information

  Title:
Conserving Land-Atmosphere Synthesis Suite (CLASS) v1.1

  Version:
1.1

  Institution:
University of New South Wales

  Source:
Ground Heat Flux (GLDAS, MERRALND, MERRAFLX, NCEP_DOII, NCEP_NCAR), Sensible Heat Flux(GLDAS, MERRALND, MERRAFLX, NCEP_DOII, NCEP_NCAR, MPIBGC, Princeton), Latent Heat Flux(DOLCE1.0), Net Radiation (GLDAS, MERRALND, NCEP_DOII, NCEP_NCAR, ERAI, EBAF4.0), Precipitation(REGEN1.1), Runoff(LORA1.0), Change in Water storage(GRACE(GFZ, JPL, CSR))

  History:
2020-01-30: downloaded source from [http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2003.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2004.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2005.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2006.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2007.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2008.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2009.nc] 2020-01-30: converted to ILAMB netCDF4 with https://github.com/rubisco-sfa/ILAMB-Data/blob/master/CLASS/CLASS_to_ILAMB.py

  References:
Sanaa Hobeichi (2019), Conserving Land-Atmosphere Synthesis Suite (CLASS) v1.1, doi:10.25914/5c872258dc183

Hobeichi, Sanaa and Abramowitz, Gab and Evans, Jason (2020), Conserving Land–Atmosphere Synthesis Suite (CLASS), Journal of Climate, 5, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0036.1