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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 [-] 18.4
bcc-cesm1-1 [-] 18.2 18.2 16.1 18.4 14.6 -0.173 1.28 0.876 0.585 0.558 0.900 0.997 0.719
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 18.7 18.8 16.9 18.4 15.4 0.386 1.27 0.890 0.544 0.588 0.897 0.997 0.723
CanESM2 [-] 18.7 18.2 18.0 18.4 17.6 -0.240 1.15 0.930 0.601 0.591 0.894 0.998 0.735
CanESM5 [-] 18.3 18.3 17.1 18.4 12.4 -0.0856 1.22 0.946 0.564 0.599 0.891 0.997 0.730
CESM1-BGC [-] 18.8 18.9 18.3 18.4 10.3 0.453 1.23 0.928 0.543 0.594 0.894 0.997 0.724
CESM2 [-] 20.6 18.8 18.8 18.4 14.3 0.353 1.18 0.829 0.561 0.609 0.908 0.998 0.737
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 18.4 18.5 16.9 18.6 3.12 -0.130 1.60 0.910 0.473 0.522 0.895 0.997 0.682
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 18.0 18.4 16.6 18.4 16.6 -0.0198 1.08 0.824 0.632 0.566 0.908 0.999 0.734
HadGEM2-ES [-] 17.7 18.2 16.6 18.4 16.6 -0.244 1.39 0.868 0.507 0.552 0.906 0.996 0.702
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 17.6 17.6 17.4 18.4 15.0 -0.819 1.73 0.892 0.461 0.536 0.896 0.996 0.685
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 18.2 18.3 17.3 18.4 16.1 -0.155 1.25 0.723 0.598 0.538 0.924 0.998 0.719
meanCMIP5 [-] 18.1 18.2 16.9 18.4 16.6 -0.211 0.899 0.670 0.645 0.664 0.933 0.999 0.781
meanCMIP6 [-] 18.0 18.2 16.4 18.4 21.7 -0.243 0.826 0.622 0.667 0.680 0.938 0.999 0.793
MIROC-ES2L [-] 18.5 18.6 17.3 18.4 19.1 0.171 1.72 0.761 0.440 0.610 0.921 0.988 0.714
MIROC-ESM [-] 18.4 18.0 17.1 18.4 16.8 -0.413 1.42 0.850 0.508 0.587 0.908 0.997 0.717
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 18.1 18.1 17.9 18.4 17.9 -0.315 1.37 0.912 0.521 0.565 0.895 0.997 0.709
MPI-ESM1-2-LR [-] 18.1 18.1 17.3 18.4 17.8 -0.307 1.27 0.926 0.542 0.565 0.893 0.998 0.713
NorESM1-ME [-] 17.8 17.8 17.5 18.4 10.3 -0.569 1.44 1.04 0.498 0.567 0.878 0.998 0.702
NorESM2-LM [-] 17.6 17.6 16.9 18.4 13.7 -0.804 1.56 0.956 0.475 0.572 0.889 0.997 0.701
UKESM [-] 17.8 17.8 17.3 18.4 15.0 -0.610 1.08 0.651 0.557 0.671 0.932 0.999 0.766

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Spatially integrated regional mean

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UKESM
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Data Information

  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)