Globe

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [degC]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [degC]	Model Period Mean (complement) [degC]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [degC]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [degC]		Bias [degC]	RMSE [degC]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	11.9
bcc-cesm1-1	[-]	12.2	12.2	11.5	11.9	8.51		0.297	1.56	2.61		0.175	0.306	0.583	0.986	0.471
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	12.7	12.7	11.7	11.9	8.51		0.785	1.65	2.54		0.139	0.318	0.598	0.987	0.472
CanESM2	[-]	13.1	12.1	11.1	11.9	10.4		0.176	1.42	2.36		0.161	0.331	0.632	0.991	0.489
CanESM5	[-]	12.1	12.1	11.4	11.9	8.85		0.207	1.36	2.46		0.184	0.331	0.614	0.991	0.490
CESM1-BGC	[-]	11.9	11.9	12.4	11.9	5.38		0.0244	1.30	2.54		0.185	0.333	0.596	0.994	0.488
CESM2	[-]	14.7	12.3	13.1	11.9	5.05		0.435	1.31	2.38		0.159	0.341	0.627	0.993	0.492
GFDL-ESM2G	[-]	11.2	11.2	11.2	12.0	2.38		-0.823	1.78	2.54		0.132	0.280	0.598	0.989	0.456
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	13.5	11.5	10.8	11.9	5.63		-0.399	1.45	2.58		0.156	0.279	0.588	0.992	0.459
HadGEM2-ES	[-]	11.0	11.1	11.5	11.9	7.60		-0.841	2.13	2.60		0.132	0.272	0.586	0.967	0.446
IPSL-CM5A-LR	[-]	11.1	11.0	11.7	11.9	7.96		-0.865	1.68	2.43		0.130	0.341	0.619	0.990	0.484
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	12.1	12.1	11.8	11.9	9.38		0.214	1.43	2.43		0.157	0.338	0.620	0.993	0.489
meanCMIP5	[-]	11.8	11.9	11.2	11.9	4.50		0.0324	1.06	2.19		0.212	0.387	0.666	0.995	0.529
meanCMIP6	[-]	11.9	11.9	10.6	11.9	7.15		0.0701	0.983	2.14		0.232	0.398	0.675	0.996	0.540
MIROC-ES2L	[-]	13.1	13.1	12.7	11.9	10.7		1.22	1.56	2.46		0.135	0.363	0.615	0.992	0.494
MIROC-ESM	[-]	16.2	12.8	12.9	11.9	9.09		0.918	1.71	2.62		0.128	0.337	0.583	0.987	0.474
MPI-ESM-LR	[-]	12.4	12.4	13.5	11.9	6.49		0.498	1.53	2.65		0.167	0.266	0.576	0.991	0.453
MPI-ESM1-2-LR	[-]	11.8	11.8	12.5	11.9	9.03		-0.0777	1.33	2.62		0.191	0.278	0.583	0.990	0.464
NorESM1-ME	[-]	12.4	12.4	12.3	11.9	6.16		0.536	1.83	2.46		0.144	0.272	0.612	0.982	0.456
NorESM2-LM	[-]	12.2	12.2	12.1	11.9	7.35		0.282	1.83	2.54		0.157	0.270	0.596	0.984	0.456
UKESM	[-]	11.9	11.9	11.7	11.9	9.06		0.0509	1.44	2.15		0.156	0.382	0.674	0.991	0.517

Globe 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:

World Ocean Atlas 2018 1.00 degree

  Institution:

National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

  References:

Garcia, H. E., K. Weathers, C. R. Paver, I. Smolyar, T. P. Boyer, R. A. Locarnini, M. M. Zweng, A. V. Mishonov, O. K. Baranova, D. Seidov, and J. R. Reagan, 2019. World Ocean Atlas 2018, Volume 4: Dissolved Inorganic Nutrients (phosphate, nitrate and nitrate+nitrite, silicate). A. V. Mishonov, Technical Ed., NOAA Atlas NESDIS 84

  Conventions:

CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3

  Summary:

Climatological mean dissolved inorganic nutrients: nitrate for the global ocean from in situ profile oceanographic data

  Comment:

global climatology as part of the World Ocean Atlas project

  Naming_authority:

gov.noaa.ncei

  Sea_name:

World-Wide Distribution

  Geospatial_lat_min:

-90.0

  Geospatial_lat_max:

90.0

  Geospatial_lon_min:

-180.0

  Geospatial_lon_max:

180.0

  Geospatial_lat_units:

degrees_north

  Geospatial_lat_resolution:

1.00 degrees

  Geospatial_lon_units:

degrees_east

  Geospatial_lon_resolution:

1.00 degrees

  Geospatial_vertical_units:

m

  Geospatial_vertical_resolution:

SPECIAL

  Geospatial_vertical_positive:

down

  Creator_name:

Ocean Climate Laboratory

  Creator_email:

NCEI.info@noaa.gov

  Creator_url:

http://www.ncei.noaa.gov

  Project:

World Ocean Atlas Project

  Contributor_name:

Ocean Climate Laboratory

  Contributor_role:

Calculation of climatologies

  Metadata_link:

https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/woa18/

  Date_created:

2019-07-29

  Iomb_usage:

Data regrided to use in the IOMB by Weiwei Fu (weiweif@uci.edu)