Globe

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [degC/km]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [degC/km]	Model Period Mean (complement) [degC/km]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [degC/km]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [degC/km]		Bias [degC/km]		Bias Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	9.77
bcc-cesm1-1	[-]	7.93	7.92	8.66	9.78	9.15		-1.86		0.721	0.966	0.844
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	8.01	8.00	8.71	9.78	9.15		-1.78		0.707	0.975	0.841
CanESM2	[-]	10.3	10.3	10.7	9.82	7.52		0.501		0.730	0.978	0.854
CanESM5	[-]	9.70	9.70	9.96	9.79	7.40		-0.0957		0.758	0.980	0.869
CESM1-BGC	[-]	9.89	9.89	9.93	9.78	8.41		0.106		0.762	0.982	0.872
CESM2	[-]	10.4	10.4	10.8	9.78	8.11		0.604		0.755	0.985	0.870
GFDL-ESM2G	[-]	9.72	9.72	10.1	9.86	4.23		-0.160		0.719	0.978	0.848
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	9.65	9.67	9.13	9.77	0.350		-0.0966		0.753	0.982	0.868
HadGEM2-ES	[-]	9.03	9.01	9.69	9.80	7.47		-0.797		0.684	0.918	0.801
IPSL-CM5A-LR	[-]	10.2	10.2	10.6	9.80	7.64		0.399		0.714	0.975	0.844
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	10.9	10.9	11.3	9.80	7.50		1.12		0.705	0.973	0.839
meanCMIP5	[-]	9.83	9.84	9.68	9.77	8.43		0.0645		0.770	0.988	0.879
meanCMIP6	[-]	9.77	9.81	8.99	9.77			0.0346		0.792	0.990	0.891
MIROC-ES2L	[-]	9.60	9.60	9.41	9.78	8.42		-0.181		0.749	0.983	0.866
MIROC-ESM	[-]	9.95	9.99	9.07	9.80	8.50		0.200		0.733	0.970	0.852
MPI-ESM-LR	[-]	10.2	10.2	12.2	9.79	7.29		0.401		0.720	0.975	0.847
MPI-ESM1-2-LR	[-]	7.31	7.30	8.36	9.78	9.47		-2.48		0.681	0.962	0.822
NorESM1-ME	[-]	9.01	9.01	9.03	9.78	8.36		-0.771		0.677	0.948	0.812
NorESM2-LM	[-]	10.3	10.3	10.3	9.78	8.60		0.502		0.685	0.950	0.817
UKESM	[-]	9.23	9.23	9.58	9.79	7.67		-0.569		0.769	0.980	0.874

Globe Temporally integrated period mean Temporally integrated period mean bias Temporally integrated period mean bias score

  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)