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) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	27.3
Fullgrid	[-]	28.2	28.2	27.3	29.6	7.11		0.907	5.33	0.836		0.353	0.633	0.884	0.979	0.696
Sparsegrid	[-]	26.1	25.6	27.3	26.1	7.15		-1.75	7.70	1.95		0.289	0.407	0.705	0.976	0.557

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	20.4
Fullgrid	[-]	22.2	22.2	20.4	18.8			1.69	5.23	0.272		0.514	0.720	0.975	0.874	0.761
Sparsegrid	[-]	21.5	21.5	20.4	19.4			1.15	7.32	1.69		0.472	0.536	0.735	0.904	0.637

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	20.2
Fullgrid	[-]	22.5	22.5	20.3	22.4	11.3		2.09	5.38	0.731		0.440	0.747	0.908	0.863	0.741
Sparsegrid	[-]	22.5	22.4	20.2	23.9	11.3		2.22	6.23	1.12		0.405	0.610	0.850	0.932	0.682

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	31.3
Fullgrid	[-]	42.4	41.9	31.4	46.6	30.5		10.8	14.0	0.728		0.167	0.160	0.922	0.421	0.366
Sparsegrid	[-]	44.0	43.6	31.3	45.2	30.6		12.3	15.9	0.858		0.118	0.130	0.900	0.367	0.329

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	34.5
Fullgrid	[-]	35.0	35.5	34.7	34.4	29.2		0.887	4.55	1.18		0.266	0.668	0.841	0.900	0.669
Sparsegrid	[-]	32.1	31.8	34.5	32.6	28.9		-2.75	6.11	2.60		0.244	0.322	0.579	0.993	0.492

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	31.7
Fullgrid	[-]	40.5	40.7	31.7	40.5	29.7		9.11	11.6	0.647		0.220	0.271	0.912	0.425	0.420
Sparsegrid	[-]	41.8	41.8	31.7	43.4	29.5		10.1	13.1	0.861		0.182	0.239	0.875	0.342	0.375

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	23.5
Fullgrid	[-]	26.3	26.1	23.4	30.3	24.2		2.86	5.55	1.65		0.315	0.566	0.733	0.930	0.622
Sparsegrid	[-]	27.3	26.9	23.5	32.1	24.2		3.39	6.82	1.63		0.259	0.493	0.747	0.925	0.584

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	24.6
Fullgrid	[-]	25.8	25.1	24.7	30.2	26.7		0.614	4.86	0.510		0.490	0.696	0.945	0.974	0.760
Sparsegrid	[-]	26.9	26.2	24.6	28.5	26.8		1.70	6.99	1.33		0.429	0.566	0.803	0.888	0.650

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	34.0
Fullgrid	[-]	49.4	48.6	33.9	54.0	16.9		14.9	17.7	0.682		0.171	0.207	0.930	0.386	0.380
Sparsegrid	[-]	47.8	48.5	34.0	44.7	17.6		14.4	18.4	0.519		0.154	0.170	0.958	0.411	0.372

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	15.7
Fullgrid	[-]	19.6	19.3	15.8	22.5	17.0		3.77	5.71	0.434		0.351	0.789	0.944	0.801	0.735
Sparsegrid	[-]	21.4	20.3	15.7	26.8	17.1		4.66	6.93	1.03		0.300	0.635	0.844	0.815	0.646

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	28.5
Fullgrid	[-]	35.3	35.5	28.5	33.3	24.1		6.61	8.89	0.402		0.272	0.414	0.962	0.734	0.559
Sparsegrid	[-]	34.0	34.8	28.5	31.7	23.9		6.35	8.19	0.608		0.286	0.477	0.949	0.842	0.606

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	23.9
Fullgrid	[-]	28.2	27.9	23.9	30.4	24.3		4.14	6.95	0.800		0.322	0.565	0.895	0.829	0.635
Sparsegrid	[-]	28.5	28.0	23.9	30.8	24.3		4.12	8.17	1.38		0.290	0.452	0.798	0.819	0.562

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	10.5
Fullgrid	[-]	13.0	12.7	10.4	17.8	6.49		2.50	3.61	0.845		0.279	0.663	0.890	0.978	0.694
Sparsegrid	[-]	13.6	13.2	10.5	17.6	6.49		2.68	4.32	1.63		0.258	0.538	0.765	0.901	0.600

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	30.7
Fullgrid	[-]	42.3	42.4	30.6	42.0	30.9		12.1	14.3	0.767		0.0859	0.179	0.903	0.596	0.389
Sparsegrid	[-]	42.4	42.1	30.7	42.9	31.2		11.5	14.2	0.902		0.0869	0.158	0.877	0.617	0.379

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	22.1
Fullgrid	[-]	26.0	24.8	22.1	29.3	28.2		3.55	5.72	0.472		0.394	0.687	0.945	0.903	0.723
Sparsegrid	[-]	24.5	23.5	22.0	26.2	28.1		1.42	9.21	3.04		0.284	0.406	0.485	0.862	0.489

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	30.1
Fullgrid	[-]	35.0	34.9	30.1	35.2	23.9		4.71	7.00	0.361		0.300	0.549	0.971	0.852	0.644
Sparsegrid	[-]	32.9	33.9	30.1	29.7	23.8		3.81	5.76	0.569		0.423	0.508	0.934	0.928	0.660

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	29.4
Fullgrid	[-]	39.4	39.4	29.4	39.4	33.1		10.1	12.7	0.552		0.140	0.169	0.937	0.833	0.450
Sparsegrid	[-]	41.1	41.2	29.4	39.5	33.0		11.9	15.0	0.624		0.0811	0.122	0.939	0.793	0.412

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	21.2
Fullgrid	[-]	25.2	25.2	21.3	26.4	16.7		3.94	5.18	0.689		0.427	0.706	0.925	0.882	0.729
Sparsegrid	[-]	25.4	25.1	21.2	33.3	17.0		3.90	7.10	1.26		0.353	0.586	0.826	0.717	0.614

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	33.9
Fullgrid	[-]	34.2	34.3	33.9	31.1	26.0		0.363	5.38	0.773		0.370	0.611	0.925	0.754	0.654
Sparsegrid	[-]	31.8	31.9	33.9	29.3	25.9		-1.94	7.08	2.04		0.350	0.400	0.688	0.860	0.540

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	26.9
Fullgrid	[-]	28.9	28.7	26.9	27.5	29.4		1.79	5.62	0.753		0.373	0.735	0.914	0.893	0.730
Sparsegrid	[-]	28.8	28.8	26.9	27.8	29.5		1.88	6.38	1.53		0.375	0.584	0.781	0.906	0.646

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [kg m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [kg m-2]		Bias [kg m-2]	RMSE [kg m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	19.0
Fullgrid	[-]	19.7	19.8	19.0	20.2	18.8		0.927	5.21	1.05		0.417	0.623	0.862	0.914	0.688
Sparsegrid	[-]	21.8	21.3	19.0	21.5	18.8		2.31	7.47	2.25		0.372	0.460	0.648	0.871	0.562

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:

Observation-based global multilayer soil moisture products for 1970 to 2016

  Version:

1

  Institutions:

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Source:

Offline land surface models, reanalysis, and satellite soil moisture datasets combined using the Optimal Linear Combination technique of Hobeichi, 2018 (doi:10.5194/hess-22-1317-2018)

  History:

2021-09-14: downloaded https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-v8QmowHzZrvUHWUdmSJw5rtwfxYJnfA/view?usp=sharing

2021-09-14: selected top 10cm, converted unit from vol-% to kg m-2

  References:

Wang, Y. and Mao, J. and Jin, M. and Hoffman, F. M. and Shi, X. and Wullschleger, S. D. and Dai, Y. (2021), Development of observation-based global multilayer soil moisture products for 1970 to 2016, Earth System Science Data, 4385--4405, 10.5194/essd-13-4385-2021

  Comments:

time_period: 1970-01 through 2016-12

temporal_resolution: monthly

spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

units: kg m-2

  Convention:

CF-1.8