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	[-]	3.64
I123	[-]	3.64	3.66	3.65	4.25	0.907		0.0304	0.729	0.886		0.677	0.714	0.872	0.995	0.794
post5.4	[-]	3.60	3.61	3.64	4.18	0.928		-0.00895	0.672	0.923		0.707	0.735	0.868	0.996	0.808

	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	[-]	2.34
I123	[-]	2.47	2.44	2.30	3.91	8.15		0.153	0.560	0.226		0.650	0.699	0.976	0.993	0.804
post5.4	[-]	2.43	2.40	2.34	3.58	8.16		0.0681	0.497	0.204		0.687	0.724	0.979	0.995	0.822

	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	[-]	2.34
I123	[-]	2.38	2.37	2.34	2.68	3.67		0.0307	0.597	0.827		0.752	0.725	0.900	0.990	0.818
post5.4	[-]	2.34	2.33	2.34	2.74	3.65		0.000875	0.530	0.574		0.762	0.768	0.931	0.992	0.844

	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	[-]	0.944
I123	[-]	0.939	0.934	0.934	1.14			0.0252	0.257	0.455		0.723	0.728	0.956	0.987	0.825
post5.4	[-]	0.975	0.971	0.944	1.12			0.0439	0.241	0.288		0.721	0.753	0.968	0.989	0.837

	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	[-]	7.71
I123	[-]	7.67	7.72	7.68	7.34	7.02		-0.255	1.80	1.34		0.584	0.643	0.816	0.952	0.728
post5.4	[-]	7.74	7.79	7.72	7.37	7.06		-0.228	1.76	1.35		0.588	0.657	0.811	0.948	0.732

	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	[-]	1.41
I123	[-]	1.38	1.38	1.39	1.86	1.54		0.00125	0.275	0.581		0.761	0.760	0.952	0.982	0.843
post5.4	[-]	1.48	1.48	1.41	1.96	1.56		0.0812	0.228	0.424		0.768	0.819	0.961	0.985	0.870

	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	[-]	1.50
I123	[-]	1.41	1.41	1.49	2.04	4.70		0.0321	0.359	0.655		0.749	0.753	0.921	0.991	0.833
post5.4	[-]	1.43	1.43	1.49	2.07	4.71		0.0463	0.315	0.441		0.753	0.796	0.945	0.991	0.856

	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	[-]	4.02
I123	[-]	3.57	3.53	3.99	6.03	5.13		-0.118	1.48	0.696		0.605	0.566	0.919	0.966	0.724
post5.4	[-]	3.56	3.52	4.02	6.05	5.16		-0.148	1.51	0.615		0.596	0.568	0.932	0.957	0.724

	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	[-]	1.02
I123	[-]	1.04	1.05	1.02	0.935	1.08		0.0198	0.246	0.507		0.713	0.751	0.958	0.914	0.818
post5.4	[-]	1.12	1.13	1.02	0.972	1.05		0.0876	0.202	0.432		0.739	0.816	0.955	0.988	0.863

	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	[-]	1.60
I123	[-]	1.37	1.34	1.57	2.79	2.61		-0.0606	0.471	0.946		0.690	0.685	0.878	0.978	0.783
post5.4	[-]	1.44	1.41	1.59	2.80	2.62		-0.0251	0.398	0.601		0.725	0.746	0.925	0.978	0.824

	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	[-]	2.16
I123	[-]	2.06	2.07	2.16	2.33	1.70		-0.0394	0.488	0.960		0.613	0.713	0.879	0.980	0.779
post5.4	[-]	2.14	2.14	2.17	2.43	1.71		0.0327	0.373	0.695		0.677	0.804	0.910	0.991	0.837

	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	[-]	2.26
I123	[-]	2.01	2.14	2.26	0.895	4.23		-0.0116	0.580	0.831		0.694	0.723	0.894	0.983	0.803
post5.4	[-]	2.05	2.18	2.26	0.911	4.22		0.0187	0.534	0.681		0.709	0.761	0.912	0.983	0.825

	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	[-]	0.396
I123	[-]	0.400	0.398	0.392	1.01	1.43		0.0279	0.209	1.23		0.781	0.815	0.815	0.968	0.839
post5.4	[-]	0.388	0.386	0.396	0.972	1.42		0.0110	0.200	1.12		0.779	0.828	0.834	0.965	0.847

	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	[-]	1.07
I123	[-]	1.07	1.06	1.08	0.935	2.43		-0.0229	0.293	0.429		0.732	0.753	0.960	0.891	0.818
post5.4	[-]	1.09	1.08	1.07	0.958	2.50		0.00673	0.282	0.375		0.720	0.773	0.966	0.917	0.830

	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	[-]	3.22
I123	[-]	2.92	2.89	3.20	3.59	4.79		-0.0786	0.943	0.971		0.623	0.680	0.866	0.976	0.765
post5.4	[-]	2.99	2.97	3.20	3.65	4.67		-0.00228	0.921	0.794		0.627	0.694	0.886	0.978	0.776

	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	[-]	2.97
I123	[-]	2.72	2.73	2.94	2.94	2.58		-0.156	0.493	1.13		0.754	0.686	0.842	0.997	0.793
post5.4	[-]	2.92	2.94	2.97	3.10	2.64		0.0255	0.261	0.776		0.838	0.850	0.892	0.998	0.886

	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	[-]	2.22
I123	[-]	2.04	2.03	2.22	3.14			-0.0456	0.443	0.806		0.713	0.737	0.895	0.973	0.811
post5.4	[-]	2.14	2.13	2.22	3.27			0.0573	0.425	0.707		0.705	0.765	0.911	0.975	0.824

	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
I123	[-]	1.25	1.26	1.27	3.49	2.96		0.0368	0.403	1.01		0.689	0.702	0.867	0.971	0.786
post5.4	[-]	1.26	1.27	1.26	3.45	2.92		0.0526	0.335	0.717		0.690	0.782	0.898	0.970	0.824

	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	[-]	6.09
I123	[-]	6.10	6.09	6.11	6.55	1.73		-0.0331	1.26	0.755		0.631	0.706	0.918	0.961	0.784
post5.4	[-]	6.19	6.18	6.10	6.45	1.75		0.0656	1.25	0.699		0.632	0.712	0.926	0.943	0.785

	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	[-]	3.24
I123	[-]	3.12	3.10	3.28	3.29	2.42		-0.165	0.709	0.802		0.666	0.747	0.909	0.993	0.813
post5.4	[-]	3.23	3.21	3.24	3.41	2.40		-0.0197	0.571	0.701		0.764	0.799	0.916	0.995	0.854

	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	[-]	1.58
I123	[-]	1.58	1.63	1.58	0.957	3.59		0.122	0.816	0.899		0.471	0.640	0.886	0.930	0.714
post5.4	[-]	1.57	1.61	1.58	0.945	3.54		0.0926	0.792	0.884		0.497	0.624	0.881	0.930	0.711

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:

GPCC Full Data Reanalysis Version 2018 0.5x0.5 Monthly Total

  Version:

v2018

  Institutions:

Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC)

  Source:

GPCC Precipitation 0.5 degree V2018 Full Reanalysis

  History:

2020-10-07: downloaded source from ftp://ftp.cdc.noaa.gov/Datasets/gpcc/full_v2018/precip.mon.total.v2018.nc

2020-10-07: converted to netCDF, original data is divided by days in a month for a mean monthly rate.

  References:

Schneider, Udo and Finger, Peter and Meyer-Christoffer, Anja and Rustemeier, Elke and Ziese, Markus and Becker, Andreas (2017), Evaluating the Hydrological Cycle over Land Using the Newly-Corrected Precipitation Climatology from the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC), Atmosphere, 12, doi:10.3390/atmos8030052

  Comments:

time_period: 1980-01 through 2016-12

temporal_resolution: monthly

spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

units: mm d-1

  Convention:

CF-1.8