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Benchmark [-] 108.
I123 [-] 121. 122. 108. 113. 12.9 24.1 3.15 0.368 0.283 0.490 0.998 0.484
post5.4 [-] 116. 117. 108. 111. 8.05 24.8 3.13 0.473 0.222 0.498 0.990 0.481
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Benchmark [-] 98.5
I123 [-] 104. 103. 98.5 110. 4.44 24.0 2.17 0.476 0.228 0.654 0.975 0.512
post5.4 [-] 103. 103. 98.5 111. 4.20 25.8 1.99 0.460 0.203 0.696 0.985 0.509
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Benchmark [-] 105.
I123 [-] 111. 110. 105. 121. 4.75 14.7 1.89 0.584 0.556 0.712 0.980 0.678
post5.4 [-] 108. 106. 105. 118. 1.51 16.4 1.75 0.495 0.525 0.744 0.971 0.652
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Benchmark [-] 20.1
I123 [-] 26.1 27.0 20.1 22.0 6.81 19.9 0.285 0.603 0.262 0.981 0.981 0.618
post5.4 [-] 26.8 27.6 20.1 23.1 7.42 19.4 0.270 0.577 0.280 0.982 0.960 0.616
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Benchmark [-] 112.
I123 [-] 152. 152. 112. 150. 40.2 42.2 3.26 0.0372 0.623 0.465 0.979 0.546
post5.4 [-] 142. 141. 112. 144. 29.1 34.3 3.11 0.204 0.550 0.493 0.825 0.524
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Benchmark [-] 37.0
I123 [-] 46.9 46.8 37.0 46.9 9.80 22.2 0.422 0.397 0.208 0.969 0.875 0.531
post5.4 [-] 44.6 44.5 37.0 44.1 7.51 19.9 0.440 0.488 0.277 0.968 0.891 0.580
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Benchmark [-] 54.8
I123 [-] 67.9 66.6 54.8 81.2 12.1 24.1 0.840 0.178 0.297 0.919 0.965 0.531
post5.4 [-] 62.6 61.5 54.8 74.3 6.91 20.1 0.737 0.358 0.375 0.931 0.981 0.604
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Benchmark [-] 90.0
I123 [-] 103. 100. 90.0 120. 10.6 22.0 1.77 0.420 0.331 0.733 0.958 0.555
post5.4 [-] 97.8 94.6 90.0 117. 5.14 19.7 1.59 0.570 0.347 0.774 0.967 0.601
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Benchmark [-] 18.4
I123 [-] 20.3 21.9 18.4 13.7 3.42 17.9 0.364 0.716 0.310 0.976 0.920 0.646
post5.4 [-] 19.8 21.3 18.4 14.0 2.80 17.8 0.446 0.712 0.309 0.970 0.926 0.645
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Benchmark [-] 91.7
I123 [-] 106. 105. 91.7 116. 14.0 19.0 0.696 0.358 0.557 0.941 0.997 0.682
post5.4 [-] 102. 101. 91.7 112. 9.59 14.7 0.729 0.518 0.627 0.940 0.998 0.742
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Benchmark [-] 44.4
I123 [-] 64.1 64.6 44.4 61.5 66.8 20.5 27.9 0.408 0.0365 0.196 0.969 0.982 0.476
post5.4 [-] 62.0 62.6 44.4 59.2 66.8 18.4 26.3 0.345 0.0615 0.190 0.975 0.994 0.482
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Benchmark [-] 72.3
I123 [-] 69.1 79.3 72.3 30.1 66.8 7.26 20.8 1.14 0.413 0.386 0.850 0.989 0.605
post5.4 [-] 67.3 77.0 72.3 30.0 66.8 4.94 19.6 1.08 0.454 0.405 0.861 0.991 0.623
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Benchmark [-] 57.6
I123 [-] 54.5 53.5 57.6 75.9 -3.55 17.5 1.22 0.416 0.586 0.849 0.820 0.651
post5.4 [-] 53.1 52.3 57.6 71.0 -4.85 16.0 1.05 0.434 0.626 0.870 0.881 0.687
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Benchmark [-] 23.5
I123 [-] 26.0 29.3 23.5 18.3 5.22 22.9 0.206 0.540 0.172 0.985 0.766 0.527
post5.4 [-] 27.4 30.4 23.5 20.3 6.29 23.1 0.187 0.521 0.169 0.987 0.812 0.532
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Benchmark [-] 98.2
I123 [-] 113. 108. 98.2 128. 11.6 24.2 1.25 0.427 0.391 0.840 0.599 0.530
post5.4 [-] 110. 104. 98.2 125. 7.81 24.1 1.49 0.458 0.339 0.796 0.650 0.517
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Benchmark [-] 75.4
I123 [-] 78.4 78.1 75.4 80.9 3.06 17.0 0.501 0.691 0.306 0.966 0.968 0.647
post5.4 [-] 82.8 82.6 75.4 85.3 7.66 18.0 0.507 0.489 0.313 0.965 0.999 0.616
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Benchmark [-] 44.3
I123 [-] 61.2 60.9 44.3 63.1 16.4 26.7 0.301 0.155 0.148 0.980 0.968 0.480
post5.4 [-] 59.7 59.2 44.3 62.8 14.8 25.0 0.307 0.214 0.172 0.979 0.967 0.501
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Benchmark [-] 66.6
I123 [-] 69.0 69.1 66.6 78.8 2.72 16.3 0.495 0.618 0.418 0.967 0.933 0.671
post5.4 [-] 67.2 67.4 66.6 74.0 0.981 14.0 0.502 0.649 0.497 0.966 0.977 0.717
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Benchmark [-] 116.
I123 [-] 123. 123. 116. 127. 6.81 17.9 1.61 0.566 0.508 0.769 0.997 0.670
post5.4 [-] 120. 120. 116. 128. 3.88 20.6 1.58 0.462 0.460 0.774 0.855 0.602
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Benchmark [-] 111.
I123 [-] 107. 107. 111. 109. -4.48 14.3 1.47 0.623 0.527 0.802 0.994 0.695
post5.4 [-] 108. 108. 111. 106. -3.95 14.1 1.43 0.616 0.537 0.809 0.999 0.700
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Benchmark [-] 80.4
I123 [-] 82.3 81.7 80.4 84.4 1.84 21.9 0.724 0.362 0.430 0.921 0.980 0.625
post5.4 [-] 86.5 85.8 80.4 88.7 5.89 21.8 0.934 0.423 0.417 0.896 0.983 0.627

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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:
2024-04-29: 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] 2024-04-29: 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