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Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]
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Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]
Bias [W m-2]
RMSE [W m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.461
Fullgrid [-] 0.0237 0.0228 0.518 0.0324 0.0143 -0.497 1.24 2.26 0.549 0.312 0.640 0.0182 0.366
Sparsegrid [-] 0.00121 0.00895 0.461 -0.0243 0.00475 -0.453 1.39 2.09 0.594 0.288 0.682 0.0193 0.374
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Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]
Bias [W m-2]
RMSE [W m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] -0.0142
Fullgrid [-] 0.0583 0.0608 -0.0251 0.0494 0.0836 1.95 1.06 0.742 0.237 0.856 0.0279 0.420
Sparsegrid [-] 0.121 0.122 -0.0142 0.0375 0.134 2.07 1.93 0.727 0.239 0.700 0.0577 0.392
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Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]
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 [-] 0.793
Fullgrid [-] 0.0147 0.0107 0.826 0.0326 0.703 -0.813 2.30 2.66 0.585 0.239 0.554 0.0252 0.329
Sparsegrid [-] 0.0508 0.0606 0.793 0.0102 0.439 -0.732 2.25 2.60 0.614 0.239 0.587 0.0329 0.342
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Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]
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]
RMSE [W m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 4.50
Fullgrid [-] 0.323 0.339 4.49 0.265 -4.14 8.92 0.542 0.639 0.435 0.958 0.0962 0.512
Sparsegrid [-] 0.322 0.335 4.50 0.303 -4.16 8.71 0.695 0.634 0.434 0.945 0.196 0.528
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Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]
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]
RMSE [W m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] -0.566
Fullgrid [-] -0.0775 -0.0969 -0.592 -0.0571 -0.644 0.506 0.774 1.22 0.307 0.536 0.821 0.0334 0.447
Sparsegrid [-] -0.0300 -0.0170 -0.566 -0.0348 -0.673 0.553 0.976 2.54 0.305 0.319 0.583 0.0569 0.317
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Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]
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Model Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [W m-2]
Bias [W m-2]
RMSE [W m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 3.66
Fullgrid [-] 0.152 0.156 3.47 0.109 -0.403 -3.32 6.76 0.478 0.661 0.492 0.966 0.0633 0.535
Sparsegrid [-] 0.353 0.364 3.66 0.279 -0.403 -3.30 6.68 0.504 0.662 0.495 0.959 0.238 0.570
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Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]
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]
RMSE [W m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 2.15
Fullgrid [-] 0.167 0.163 2.09 0.197 -0.379 -1.93 5.47 1.06 0.795 0.535 0.874 0.0132 0.551
Sparsegrid [-] 0.281 0.291 2.15 0.157 -0.375 -1.86 5.26 1.13 0.795 0.542 0.868 0.0487 0.559
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Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]
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]
RMSE [W m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.147
Fullgrid [-] -0.0800 -0.0748 0.215 -0.0982 -0.291 2.69 0.750 0.807 0.391 0.914 0.0283 0.506
Sparsegrid [-] -0.0451 -0.0472 0.147 -0.0295 -0.194 3.25 1.57 0.790 0.316 0.766 0.0300 0.444
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Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]
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]
RMSE [W m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 4.50
Fullgrid [-] 0.155 0.153 4.41 0.167 -4.25 8.45 0.267 0.602 0.450 0.981 0.114 0.520
Sparsegrid [-] 0.348 0.378 4.50 0.336 -4.13 8.70 0.487 0.604 0.429 0.963 0.236 0.532
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Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]
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]
RMSE [W m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.110
Fullgrid [-] 0.0488 0.0563 0.0616 -0.00179 0.0916 -0.00766 2.30 0.683 0.938 0.386 0.943 0.120 0.555
Sparsegrid [-] 0.0793 0.0999 0.110 0.0116 -0.0354 -0.00919 2.80 0.996 0.927 0.321 0.875 0.297 0.548
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Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]
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]
RMSE [W m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] -0.548
Fullgrid [-] 0.119 0.126 -0.454 0.0943 0.575 3.22 0.863 0.843 0.541 0.901 0.0812 0.582
Sparsegrid [-] 0.166 0.228 -0.548 0.0617 0.778 3.77 1.14 0.831 0.500 0.857 0.282 0.594
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Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]
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]
RMSE [W m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 1.09
Fullgrid [-] 0.0846 0.0897 1.08 0.0674 -0.104 -0.992 3.76 1.09 0.729 0.417 0.853 0.0196 0.487
Sparsegrid [-] 0.135 0.152 1.09 0.0836 -0.108 -0.935 3.96 1.39 0.731 0.385 0.806 0.0579 0.473
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Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]
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]
RMSE [W m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] -0.218
Fullgrid [-] 0.151 0.153 -0.211 0.129 0.362 2.77 0.310 0.848 0.383 0.977 0.0520 0.529
Sparsegrid [-] 0.148 0.153 -0.218 0.0940 0.371 3.03 0.626 0.842 0.359 0.937 0.0912 0.518
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Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]
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]
RMSE [W m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 3.21
Fullgrid [-] 0.165 0.177 3.22 0.140 1.71 -3.04 9.10 0.548 0.660 0.372 0.954 0.0604 0.484
Sparsegrid [-] 0.243 0.313 3.21 0.162 1.55 -2.90 9.38 0.714 0.669 0.352 0.938 0.255 0.513
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Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]
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]
RMSE [W m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.227
Fullgrid [-] -0.0132 -0.00763 0.267 -0.0260 -0.124 -0.280 2.27 0.868 0.781 0.278 0.880 0.0471 0.453
Sparsegrid [-] 0.0194 0.0439 0.227 -0.00920 -0.144 -0.183 3.87 3.29 0.818 0.165 0.446 0.184 0.356
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Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]
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]
RMSE [W m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] -0.505
Fullgrid [-] -0.0304 -0.0190 -0.474 -0.0936 0.452 3.84 1.04 0.896 0.530 0.861 0.228 0.609
Sparsegrid [-] 0.0243 0.0469 -0.505 -0.0528 0.553 4.37 1.13 0.893 0.496 0.847 0.206 0.588
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Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]
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]
RMSE [W m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 2.33
Fullgrid [-] 0.162 0.176 2.48 0.110 -2.30 4.69 0.798 0.716 0.577 0.931 0.0484 0.570
Sparsegrid [-] 0.158 0.164 2.33 0.147 -2.16 4.87 0.719 0.729 0.548 0.933 0.142 0.580
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Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]
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]
RMSE [W m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.708
Fullgrid [-] 0.0985 0.0970 0.596 0.0537 -0.0794 -0.497 4.38 0.865 0.869 0.396 0.917 0.0588 0.528
Sparsegrid [-] 0.200 0.204 0.708 0.109 0.0232 -0.501 5.14 1.89 0.876 0.343 0.717 0.206 0.497
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Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]
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]
RMSE [W m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.434
Fullgrid [-] 0.0114 0.00688 0.491 0.0574 0.312 -0.478 1.19 2.20 0.446 0.444 0.656 0.00409 0.399
Sparsegrid [-] 0.00885 0.0137 0.434 -0.0226 0.320 -0.415 1.33 2.19 0.455 0.328 0.675 0.00621 0.358
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Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]
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]
RMSE [W m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.450
Fullgrid [-] -0.0310 -0.0285 0.544 -0.0201 -0.571 1.90 1.77 0.718 0.389 0.714 0.00954 0.444
Sparsegrid [-] -0.0558 -0.0557 0.450 -0.0545 -0.505 1.99 2.12 0.724 0.359 0.660 0.0341 0.427
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Period Mean (original grids) [W m-2]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [W m-2]
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]
RMSE [W m-2]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 1.26
Fullgrid [-] 0.0701 0.0735 1.15 0.0520 -0.0313 -1.08 3.09 1.78 0.619 0.436 0.742 0.00317 0.447
Sparsegrid [-] 0.0779 0.0812 1.26 0.0596 0.246 -1.19 3.90 2.41 0.624 0.367 0.640 0.00684 0.401

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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