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Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]
Bias [mm d-1]
RMSE [mm d-1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 2.79
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 3.89 3.90 2.79 3.63 1.08 2.67 2.80 0.271 0.138 0.542 0.871 0.392
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 4.37 4.26 2.79 4.10 1.46 2.87 1.95 0.177 0.158 0.700 0.646 0.368
CanESM2 [-] 3.47 3.58 2.79 2.40 0.769 2.25 2.11 0.380 0.241 0.678 0.804 0.469
CanESM5 [-] 4.05 4.06 2.79 3.76 1.24 2.89 2.05 0.252 0.138 0.698 0.680 0.381
CESM1-BGC [-] 4.13 4.19 2.79 3.60 1.39 2.56 2.22 0.176 0.185 0.650 0.892 0.418
CESM2 [-] 3.69 3.73 2.79 3.49 0.939 2.01 1.47 0.336 0.264 0.783 0.901 0.510
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 4.09 4.15 2.79 3.45 1.36 2.75 1.72 0.264 0.145 0.743 0.827 0.425
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 3.90 4.06 2.79 3.70 1.28 2.48 1.55 0.252 0.196 0.770 0.838 0.450
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 3.54 3.41 2.79 3.21 0.569 2.36 1.36 0.269 0.275 0.812 0.624 0.451
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 3.64 3.75 2.79 3.45 0.963 1.96 1.44 0.368 0.366 0.793 0.923 0.563
MeanCMIP5 [-] 3.59 3.77 2.82 3.38 2.76 0.946 1.83 1.68 0.305 0.331 0.748 0.904 0.524
MeanCMIP6 [-] 3.60 3.61 2.79 3.46 0.825 1.60 1.50 0.383 0.409 0.777 0.916 0.579
MIROC-ESM [-] 4.13 4.19 2.79 3.03 1.44 2.69 2.22 0.197 0.163 0.666 0.829 0.404
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 4.22 4.23 2.79 3.97 1.43 2.52 1.57 0.227 0.221 0.779 0.840 0.458
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 2.93 3.07 2.79 2.37 0.338 1.55 1.19 0.463 0.415 0.838 0.829 0.592
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 2.74 2.75 2.79 2.53 -0.0288 1.65 1.51 0.456 0.345 0.783 0.919 0.570
NorESM1-ME [-] 4.48 4.39 2.79 3.61 1.57 2.77 2.27 0.194 0.193 0.642 0.780 0.400
NorESM2-LM [-] 2.88 2.81 2.79 2.52 0.00961 1.46 1.64 0.594 0.375 0.754 0.983 0.616
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 2.83 2.89 2.82 2.70 0.0655 1.91 1.57 0.568 0.234 0.779 0.982 0.560
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 3.02 3.00 2.79 2.68 0.204 1.66 1.69 0.502 0.333 0.745 0.954 0.573
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Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]
Bias [mm d-1]
RMSE [mm d-1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 6.47
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 8.08 8.73 6.47 7.60 2.13 5.35 2.14 0.285 0.0961 0.687 0.890 0.411
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 8.81 9.34 6.47 8.31 2.86 4.85 1.91 0.253 0.199 0.710 0.896 0.451
CanESM2 [-] 5.61 6.19 6.47 5.16 -0.253 3.23 1.89 0.393 0.447 0.727 0.868 0.576
CanESM5 [-] 9.81 10.9 6.47 9.02 4.05 5.67 1.78 0.183 0.221 0.748 0.543 0.383
CESM1-BGC [-] 7.99 8.62 6.47 7.12 2.09 3.93 2.07 0.384 0.309 0.689 0.846 0.508
CESM2 [-] 9.49 10.6 6.47 7.94 4.05 5.26 1.61 0.158 0.310 0.760 0.742 0.456
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 11.9 12.4 6.47 11.0 5.76 6.84 2.31 0.0283 0.197 0.631 0.788 0.368
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 8.01 8.47 6.47 7.94 2.02 3.91 1.92 0.317 0.303 0.721 0.931 0.515
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 8.21 9.13 6.47 7.61 2.91 5.09 2.87 0.162 0.345 0.554 0.455 0.372
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 13.0 16.6 6.47 9.25 8.74 10.1 2.47 0.106 0.255 0.601 0.0613 0.255
MeanCMIP5 [-] 7.73 8.43 6.43 7.63 1.99 3.11 1.73 0.338 0.549 0.757 0.953 0.629
MeanCMIP6 [-] 8.56 9.52 6.47 7.59 2.91 3.64 1.88 0.239 0.569 0.714 0.834 0.585
MIROC-ESM [-] 8.09 8.00 6.47 8.21 1.73 3.13 1.64 0.348 0.482 0.780 0.981 0.614
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 6.70 7.19 6.47 6.41 0.717 2.93 2.78 0.505 0.423 0.540 0.945 0.567
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 5.82 6.10 6.47 5.42 0.700 3.67 3.05 0.499 0.312 0.483 0.853 0.492
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 5.34 5.97 6.47 4.31 -0.329 2.89 2.25 0.501 0.453 0.648 0.971 0.605
NorESM1-ME [-] 7.56 8.46 6.47 6.66 1.83 3.46 1.91 0.399 0.398 0.719 0.959 0.575
NorESM2-LM [-] 8.98 9.64 6.47 8.34 3.10 4.22 2.18 0.159 0.383 0.672 0.953 0.510
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 6.72 7.38 6.43 5.88 0.801 3.91 1.95 0.491 0.304 0.716 0.761 0.515
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 6.53 7.27 6.47 5.77 0.706 2.94 2.33 0.506 0.427 0.630 0.953 0.589
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Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]
Bias [mm d-1]
RMSE [mm d-1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 1.99
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 2.17 2.31 1.99 1.61 0.344 1.77 2.08 0.371 0.252 0.686 0.932 0.499
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 2.27 2.41 1.99 1.74 0.434 1.67 1.84 0.402 0.301 0.734 0.919 0.531
CanESM2 [-] 1.82 1.92 1.99 1.42 -0.0674 1.58 1.78 0.428 0.307 0.743 0.894 0.536
CanESM5 [-] 2.29 2.44 1.99 1.66 0.475 1.87 1.71 0.348 0.268 0.761 0.855 0.500
CESM1-BGC [-] 2.42 2.61 1.99 1.70 0.628 1.70 1.85 0.310 0.268 0.732 0.939 0.503
CESM2 [-] 2.27 2.40 1.99 1.75 0.430 1.44 1.60 0.440 0.320 0.772 0.941 0.559
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 2.35 2.48 1.99 1.83 0.524 1.83 1.63 0.334 0.250 0.769 0.920 0.505
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 2.37 2.40 1.99 2.30 0.409 1.51 1.55 0.388 0.304 0.786 0.952 0.547
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 1.87 1.97 1.99 1.50 0.00521 1.65 1.66 0.369 0.305 0.763 0.909 0.530
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 2.56 2.73 1.99 1.89 0.759 1.73 1.56 0.368 0.300 0.780 0.765 0.502
MeanCMIP5 [-] 2.30 2.33 2.00 2.21 1.19 0.338 1.32 1.51 0.393 0.383 0.791 0.951 0.580
MeanCMIP6 [-] 2.28 2.42 1.99 1.74 0.454 1.19 1.36 0.421 0.456 0.816 0.962 0.622
MIROC-ESM [-] 2.37 2.53 1.99 1.69 0.568 1.75 1.75 0.278 0.262 0.752 0.934 0.497
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 2.58 2.74 1.99 1.99 0.774 1.77 1.73 0.292 0.256 0.753 0.937 0.499
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 2.08 2.15 1.99 1.44 0.212 1.43 1.58 0.399 0.332 0.777 0.945 0.557
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 2.01 2.17 1.99 1.33 0.190 1.39 1.53 0.414 0.336 0.786 0.954 0.565
NorESM1-ME [-] 2.28 2.45 1.99 1.59 0.472 1.70 1.86 0.364 0.282 0.727 0.932 0.517
NorESM2-LM [-] 2.16 2.25 1.99 1.77 0.276 1.43 1.69 0.458 0.341 0.760 0.956 0.571
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 2.17 2.34 1.99 1.50 0.362 1.59 1.65 0.432 0.255 0.768 0.951 0.532
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 2.15 2.30 1.99 1.56 0.331 1.41 1.60 0.466 0.322 0.776 0.949 0.567
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Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]
Bias [mm d-1]
RMSE [mm d-1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 1.31
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 1.57 1.63 1.31 1.43 0.319 0.822 2.03 0.451 0.298 0.688 0.970 0.541
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 1.63 1.66 1.31 1.53 0.356 0.756 1.70 0.440 0.348 0.761 0.979 0.575
CanESM2 [-] 1.53 1.55 1.31 1.49 0.234 0.806 1.64 0.519 0.273 0.769 0.975 0.562
CanESM5 [-] 1.67 1.75 1.31 1.45 0.439 0.868 1.29 0.336 0.285 0.837 0.972 0.543
CESM1-BGC [-] 1.79 1.83 1.31 1.66 0.524 0.886 1.83 0.299 0.299 0.740 0.948 0.517
CESM2 [-] 1.65 1.66 1.31 1.65 0.350 0.772 1.69 0.440 0.317 0.759 0.955 0.558
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 1.70 1.80 1.31 1.44 0.490 0.862 1.35 0.304 0.297 0.825 0.976 0.540
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 1.87 1.84 1.31 1.89 0.528 0.900 1.45 0.279 0.261 0.811 0.968 0.516
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 1.67 1.72 1.31 1.47 0.415 0.899 1.64 0.377 0.258 0.766 0.950 0.522
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 1.85 1.88 1.31 1.72 0.578 1.00 1.36 0.332 0.251 0.824 0.835 0.499
MeanCMIP5 [-] 1.79 1.75 1.32 1.82 1.62 0.428 0.747 1.40 0.360 0.398 0.815 0.983 0.591
MeanCMIP6 [-] 1.73 1.77 1.31 1.59 0.463 0.699 1.16 0.322 0.453 0.857 0.984 0.614
MIROC-ESM [-] 1.82 1.91 1.31 1.55 0.613 0.957 1.57 0.248 0.316 0.788 0.937 0.521
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 1.79 1.87 1.31 1.57 0.557 1.01 1.43 0.287 0.244 0.812 0.946 0.507
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 1.80 1.83 1.31 1.63 0.527 0.943 1.54 0.286 0.248 0.788 0.953 0.505
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 1.87 1.94 1.31 1.61 0.628 0.977 1.34 0.202 0.252 0.828 0.934 0.494
NorESM1-ME [-] 1.58 1.58 1.31 1.51 0.278 0.717 1.76 0.494 0.366 0.748 0.977 0.590
NorESM2-LM [-] 1.62 1.63 1.31 1.57 0.327 0.726 1.48 0.413 0.367 0.800 0.978 0.585
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 1.70 1.75 1.32 1.54 0.436 0.980 1.60 0.331 0.184 0.781 0.979 0.492
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 1.65 1.69 1.31 1.52 0.390 0.813 1.32 0.394 0.271 0.829 0.974 0.548
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Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]
Bias [mm d-1]
RMSE [mm d-1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 6.16
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 4.69 4.75 6.16 3.23 -1.42 4.43 2.56 0.213 0.0991 0.590 0.879 0.376
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 5.11 5.15 6.16 4.12 -0.983 4.43 2.03 0.202 0.122 0.705 0.883 0.407
CanESM2 [-] 2.83 2.72 6.16 2.46 -3.45 5.20 1.29 0.0558 0.227 0.844 0.800 0.431
CanESM5 [-] 4.95 4.86 6.16 3.50 -1.33 4.91 1.57 0.170 0.141 0.795 0.569 0.363
CESM1-BGC [-] 5.32 5.36 6.16 4.54 -0.772 3.62 1.91 0.339 0.208 0.734 0.938 0.486
CESM2 [-] 5.64 5.67 6.16 5.23 -0.458 3.18 1.00 0.415 0.248 0.888 0.975 0.555
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 4.08 4.16 6.16 3.62 -2.01 3.93 1.23 0.232 0.189 0.856 0.825 0.458
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 4.87 5.01 6.16 3.89 -1.15 3.53 1.14 0.317 0.213 0.868 0.911 0.504
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 4.23 4.27 6.16 3.29 -1.92 4.52 1.27 0.239 0.160 0.844 0.890 0.459
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 6.20 6.21 6.16 6.19 0.0761 3.48 1.31 0.408 0.233 0.842 0.842 0.511
MeanCMIP5 [-] 4.60 4.71 6.12 3.66 -1.41 3.27 1.14 0.286 0.273 0.870 0.934 0.527
MeanCMIP6 [-] 5.54 5.58 6.16 4.79 -0.574 2.89 1.27 0.384 0.319 0.852 0.952 0.565
MIROC-ESM [-] 4.84 4.84 6.16 4.16 -1.33 3.48 1.83 0.313 0.220 0.728 0.953 0.487
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 6.08 6.04 6.16 5.96 -0.112 3.58 1.74 0.393 0.171 0.764 0.955 0.491
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 4.44 4.54 6.16 2.65 -1.58 3.59 1.49 0.279 0.220 0.788 0.963 0.494
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 5.71 5.81 6.16 3.24 -0.364 3.46 1.70 0.364 0.216 0.768 0.954 0.503
NorESM1-ME [-] 5.03 5.05 6.16 4.58 -1.10 3.54 1.75 0.306 0.183 0.764 0.970 0.481
NorESM2-LM [-] 5.37 5.34 6.16 5.12 -0.811 3.80 1.49 0.350 0.152 0.804 0.742 0.440
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 6.61 6.69 6.12 4.70 0.531 3.58 1.68 0.367 0.202 0.776 0.961 0.502
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 5.99 6.04 6.16 4.94 -0.120 3.49 1.56 0.323 0.221 0.801 0.949 0.503

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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:
2020-01-30: 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] 2020-01-30: 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