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
I123	[-]	29.6	29.8	27.3	28.8			2.39	4.70	0.789		0.375	0.655	0.885	0.982	0.710
post5.4	[-]	29.6	29.8	27.1	28.9			2.52	4.72	0.796		0.370	0.662	0.887	0.981	0.712

	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
I123	[-]	23.0	22.8	20.4	19.8			2.30	4.46	0.258		0.568	0.701	0.977	0.934	0.776
post5.4	[-]	22.7	22.5	20.4	19.4			2.08	4.32	0.217		0.581	0.716	0.981	0.936	0.786

	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	[-]	20.3
I123	[-]	23.1	23.0	20.3	24.3	16.3		2.75	4.63	0.701		0.500	0.727	0.913	0.916	0.756
post5.4	[-]	22.7	22.6	20.2	24.0	16.4		2.41	4.42	0.684		0.508	0.738	0.921	0.912	0.764

	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	[-]	31.4
I123	[-]	51.8	51.8	31.4	51.8			20.3	21.7	0.946		0.0415	0.168	0.879	0.361	0.324
post5.4	[-]	48.0	48.0	31.4	48.7			16.5	18.2	0.602		0.0719	0.159	0.937	0.404	0.346

	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	[-]	34.7
I123	[-]	36.9	37.3	34.7	36.2			2.59	5.13	0.960		0.284	0.685	0.881	0.736	0.654
post5.4	[-]	37.2	37.6	34.6	36.4			2.98	5.21	0.928		0.292	0.686	0.878	0.723	0.653

	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
I123	[-]	42.8	42.9	31.7	44.3			11.3	12.7	0.982		0.158	0.275	0.871	0.463	0.408
post5.4	[-]	43.7	43.8	31.9	44.1			12.1	13.4	0.811		0.143	0.256	0.891	0.463	0.402

	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	[-]	23.4
I123	[-]	26.8	26.7	23.4	30.6			3.47	5.51	1.68		0.317	0.554	0.732	0.951	0.622
post5.4	[-]	26.7	26.7	23.3	30.6			3.48	5.45	1.54		0.317	0.580	0.752	0.936	0.633

	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	[-]	24.7
I123	[-]	27.3	27.0	24.7	31.5			2.41	4.86	0.497		0.493	0.706	0.950	0.968	0.765
post5.4	[-]	27.5	27.2	24.7	31.8			2.61	4.96	0.489		0.491	0.705	0.952	0.967	0.764

	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
I123	[-]	55.8	55.7	33.9	55.9			22.0	22.9	0.845		0.0684	0.238	0.913	0.429	0.377
post5.4	[-]	54.7	54.7	33.8	54.8			21.0	22.0	0.758		0.0734	0.228	0.923	0.433	0.377

	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	[-]	15.8
I123	[-]	19.8	19.4	15.8	25.3			3.97	4.67	0.588		0.396	0.777	0.916	0.879	0.749
post5.4	[-]	19.5	19.1	15.6	24.9			3.83	4.49	0.466		0.396	0.803	0.943	0.889	0.767

	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
I123	[-]	36.3	36.6	28.5	34.7	18.5		7.88	9.40	0.458		0.230	0.418	0.964	0.743	0.555
post5.4	[-]	35.8	36.1	28.5	34.2	18.2		7.41	9.08	0.370		0.254	0.425	0.970	0.707	0.556

	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
I123	[-]	29.6	29.6	23.9	29.7	18.7		5.82	7.44	0.837		0.317	0.561	0.892	0.764	0.619
post5.4	[-]	29.3	29.3	23.8	29.5	18.5		5.61	7.24	0.767		0.320	0.570	0.901	0.786	0.629

	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	[-]	10.4
I123	[-]	13.2	13.0	10.4	19.0			2.78	3.40	0.825		0.291	0.652	0.895	0.983	0.695
post5.4	[-]	13.1	13.0	10.3	18.8			2.77	3.36	0.817		0.287	0.671	0.893	0.984	0.701

	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	[-]	30.6
I123	[-]	46.2	46.5	30.6	43.4			15.9	16.9	0.959		0.0493	0.209	0.882	0.576	0.385
post5.4	[-]	44.2	44.4	30.6	41.8			13.8	15.1	0.854		0.0789	0.188	0.886	0.599	0.388

	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
I123	[-]	26.8	25.8	22.1	30.7			4.12	5.13	0.375		0.429	0.717	0.961	0.961	0.757
post5.4	[-]	26.7	25.6	22.0	30.7			4.10	5.12	0.305		0.430	0.724	0.969	0.953	0.760

	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
I123	[-]	36.1	36.4	30.1	34.7			6.16	7.41	0.476		0.271	0.535	0.956	0.973	0.654
post5.4	[-]	36.4	36.6	30.1	34.8			6.35	7.56	0.516		0.265	0.568	0.958	0.959	0.664

	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
I123	[-]	44.6	45.0	29.4	41.9			15.6	17.3	0.621		0.0482	0.168	0.950	0.677	0.402
post5.4	[-]	44.4	44.8	29.5	41.5			15.3	17.1	0.549		0.0384	0.170	0.956	0.735	0.414

	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	[-]	21.3
I123	[-]	26.3	26.3	21.3	30.3			5.04	5.69	0.565		0.365	0.719	0.944	0.932	0.736
post5.4	[-]	25.9	25.9	21.1	30.2			4.89	5.58	0.599		0.369	0.741	0.938	0.924	0.743

	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
I123	[-]	35.9	36.0	33.9	32.4			2.10	5.13	0.608		0.375	0.596	0.948	0.833	0.670
post5.4	[-]	35.8	35.9	33.8	31.9			2.16	5.14	0.593		0.381	0.596	0.948	0.830	0.670

	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
I123	[-]	31.0	30.8	26.9	29.2	19.6		3.88	5.53	0.952		0.379	0.707	0.888	0.912	0.719
post5.4	[-]	30.8	30.7	26.8	29.0	19.5		3.87	5.54	0.809		0.384	0.715	0.900	0.900	0.723

	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
I123	[-]	21.3	21.2	19.0	23.7			2.16	4.92	0.709		0.430	0.619	0.922	0.936	0.705
post5.4	[-]	20.8	20.8	18.9	23.2			1.86	4.72	0.778		0.436	0.622	0.904	0.952	0.707

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