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	[-]	3.69
I123	[-]	3.64	3.66	3.70		3.39		-0.0125	0.905	0.762		0.639	0.684	0.889	0.985	0.776
post5.4	[-]	3.61	3.63	3.67		3.32		-0.0195	0.897	0.610		0.644	0.686	0.917	0.989	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	[-]	2.49
I123	[-]	2.48	2.45	2.48		6.63		-0.00471	0.674	0.170		0.589	0.652	0.981	0.988	0.773
post5.4	[-]	2.43	2.41	2.53		6.47		-0.103	0.664	0.165		0.578	0.657	0.982	0.991	0.773

	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	[-]	2.43
I123	[-]	2.38	2.38	2.44		2.07		-0.0398	0.652	0.840		0.714	0.717	0.897	0.992	0.807
post5.4	[-]	2.35	2.35	2.41		1.99		-0.0407	0.612	0.567		0.700	0.749	0.931	0.986	0.823

	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	[-]	1.34
I123	[-]	0.941	0.940	1.34		1.35		-0.365	0.501	0.799		0.384	0.602	0.901	0.923	0.682
post5.4	[-]	0.979	0.978	1.35		1.36		-0.348	0.489	0.919		0.386	0.618	0.869	0.953	0.689

	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	[-]	7.16
I123	[-]	7.67	7.69	7.21		6.17		0.172	1.88	1.27		0.501	0.681	0.829	0.984	0.735
post5.4	[-]	7.77	7.79	7.15		6.07		0.317	1.90	1.35		0.488	0.691	0.809	0.980	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	[-]	1.73
I123	[-]	1.38	1.38	1.73		2.32		-0.323	0.488	1.08		0.443	0.676	0.859	0.889	0.709
post5.4	[-]	1.48	1.48	1.74		2.30		-0.244	0.411	1.06		0.538	0.721	0.838	0.905	0.745

	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	[-]	1.78
I123	[-]	1.41	1.41	1.78		4.85		-0.201	0.518	0.951		0.571	0.686	0.864	0.989	0.759
post5.4	[-]	1.43	1.44	1.78		4.84		-0.182	0.478	0.903		0.584	0.720	0.866	0.990	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	[-]	3.96
I123	[-]	3.57	3.57	3.95		4.99		0.0842	1.53	0.749		0.545	0.551	0.917	0.937	0.700
post5.4	[-]	3.56	3.57	3.96		5.00		0.0926	1.55	0.719		0.533	0.553	0.916	0.940	0.699

	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	[-]	1.56
I123	[-]	1.04	1.05	1.56		1.37		-0.537	0.629	1.04		0.290	0.574	0.887	0.654	0.596
post5.4	[-]	1.12	1.13	1.57		1.39		-0.466	0.541	1.01		0.303	0.651	0.879	0.821	0.661

	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	[-]	1.72
I123	[-]	1.38	1.37	1.71		2.81		-0.0734	0.527	0.905		0.636	0.685	0.883	0.968	0.772
post5.4	[-]	1.43	1.43	1.72		2.80		-0.0482	0.457	0.582		0.666	0.736	0.922	0.968	0.806

	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	[-]	2.57
I123	[-]	2.06	2.07	2.57		2.53		-0.425	0.702	1.20		0.393	0.653	0.825	0.982	0.701
post5.4	[-]	2.13	2.14	2.57		2.52		-0.346	0.587	1.05		0.438	0.735	0.843	0.988	0.748

	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	[-]	2.30
I123	[-]	2.01	2.01	2.29		3.42		-0.124	0.665	1.10		0.578	0.693	0.845	0.980	0.758
post5.4	[-]	2.05	2.05	2.28		3.36		-0.0841	0.621	1.02		0.602	0.723	0.849	0.981	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	[-]	0.449
I123	[-]	0.401	0.404	0.448		0.737		-0.00660	0.217	1.15		0.775	0.815	0.825	0.975	0.841
post5.4	[-]	0.388	0.392	0.447		0.719		-0.0207	0.212	1.09		0.763	0.826	0.839	0.975	0.846

	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	[-]	1.25
I123	[-]	1.07	1.06	1.25		1.25		-0.190	0.350	0.464		0.639	0.718	0.954	0.966	0.799
post5.4	[-]	1.09	1.08	1.25		1.24		-0.164	0.337	0.409		0.643	0.725	0.963	0.980	0.807

	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	[-]	3.20
I123	[-]	2.91	2.91	3.20		3.31		0.0218	1.04	1.08		0.570	0.661	0.843	0.974	0.742
post5.4	[-]	3.00	3.00	3.15		3.15		0.142	1.05	1.04		0.579	0.672	0.839	0.969	0.746

	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	[-]	3.30
I123	[-]	2.72	2.74	3.30		3.32		-0.479	0.694	1.16		0.389	0.693	0.833	0.997	0.721
post5.4	[-]	2.95	2.97	3.31		3.31		-0.264	0.441	1.01		0.604	0.814	0.849	0.996	0.815

	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	[-]	2.42
I123	[-]	2.04	2.04	2.42		4.30		-0.187	0.507	0.790		0.631	0.724	0.895	0.985	0.792
post5.4	[-]	2.14	2.14	2.40		4.25		-0.0728	0.444	0.791		0.697	0.756	0.894	0.986	0.818

	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	[-]	1.44
I123	[-]	1.24	1.25	1.44		1.86		-0.112	0.425	0.926		0.640	0.721	0.882	0.980	0.789
post5.4	[-]	1.26	1.27	1.43		1.75		-0.0867	0.352	0.703		0.664	0.791	0.905	0.979	0.826

	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	[-]	6.23
I123	[-]	6.11	6.10	6.24		4.57		-0.152	1.28	0.768		0.614	0.712	0.916	0.986	0.788
post5.4	[-]	6.18	6.18	6.21		4.40		-0.0490	1.26	0.703		0.627	0.720	0.921	0.991	0.796

	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	[-]	3.47
I123	[-]	3.13	3.11	3.47		2.93		-0.348	0.790	0.773		0.596	0.745	0.915	0.992	0.799
post5.4	[-]	3.22	3.21	3.43		2.83		-0.207	0.624	0.590		0.703	0.795	0.931	0.994	0.843

	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
I123	[-]	1.59	1.62	1.75		2.31		-0.117	0.999	0.922		0.282	0.578	0.884	0.797	0.624
post5.4	[-]	1.57	1.59	1.74		2.19		-0.130	0.968	0.856		0.305	0.567	0.873	0.806	0.624

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:

GPCP Version 2.3 Combined Precipitation Dataset (Final)

  Version:

2.3

  Institutions:

NOAA/OAR/ESRL PSD, Boulder, Colorado, USA

ESSIC/CICS, University of Maryland, USA

  Source:

GPCC gauge analysis to bias correct satellite estimates over land and merge with satellite based on sampling

  History:

2019-04-18: downloaded source from http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.gpcp.html

2019-05-09: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-pr-gpcp.py

  References:

Adler, R.F., G.J. Huffman, A. Chang, R. Ferraro, P. Xie, J. Janowiak, B. Rudolf, U. Schneider, S. Curtis, D. Bolvin, A. Gruber, J. Susskind, P. Arkin (2003), The Version 2 Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Monthly Precipitation Analysis (1979 - Present), J. Hydrometeor., 4(6), 1147-1167

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  Comments:

time_period: 1979-01 through 2018-12

original_temporal_resolution: monthly

original_spatial_resolution: 2.5x2.5 degree

original_units: mm/day

final_temporal_resolution: monthly

final_spatial_resolution: 0.5x0.5 degree

final_units: kg/m2/s

  Convention:

CF-1.7