Equatorial Africa Equatorial Asia Global - Land High Latitudes South America - Amazon

	Download Data	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	[-]	2.69
bcc-csm1-1	[-]	3.76	3.75	2.69				0.531	1.86	2.25		0.353	0.282	0.657	0.944	0.504
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	4.23	4.11	2.69				1.00	2.17	1.92		0.237	0.294	0.709	0.892	0.485
CanESM2	[-]	3.49	3.49	2.69				0.658	1.94	1.72		0.399	0.355	0.743	0.946	0.560
CanESM5	[-]	4.04	4.03	2.69				1.06	2.48	1.86		0.301	0.217	0.732	0.839	0.461
CESM1-BGC	[-]	3.88	3.89	2.69				0.880	2.29	2.12		0.309	0.266	0.677	0.967	0.497
CESM2	[-]	3.55	3.56	2.69				0.487	1.69	1.56		0.479	0.372	0.774	0.961	0.591
GFDL-ESM2G	[-]	4.22	4.23	2.69				1.18	2.57	1.85		0.276	0.205	0.721	0.965	0.474
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	3.86	3.86	2.69				1.17	2.42	1.63		0.318	0.221	0.756	0.968	0.497
IPSL-CM5A-LR	[-]	3.60	3.45	2.69				0.743	2.48	1.80		0.281	0.286	0.730	0.868	0.490
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	3.52	3.62	2.69				0.671	2.01	1.61		0.392	0.428	0.764	0.966	0.595
MeanCMIP5	[-]	3.55	3.55	2.70		2.02		0.850	1.80	1.77		0.397	0.425	0.732	0.977	0.591
MeanCMIP6	[-]	3.53	3.53	2.69				0.631	1.53	1.49		0.484	0.495	0.778	0.982	0.647
MIROC-ESM	[-]	4.02	4.02	2.69				1.27	2.43	2.03		0.246	0.225	0.697	0.942	0.467
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	4.20	4.19	2.69				1.11	2.28	1.44		0.282	0.319	0.797	0.930	0.530
MPI-ESM-LR	[-]	2.93	3.04	2.69				0.875	2.28	1.59		0.447	0.450	0.765	0.880	0.598
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	2.61	2.60	2.69				0.276	2.14	1.60		0.417	0.404	0.763	0.958	0.589
NorESM1-ME	[-]	4.45	4.30	2.69				1.31	2.69	2.34		0.249	0.242	0.637	0.932	0.460
NorESM2-LM	[-]	2.90	2.81	2.69				-0.298	1.47	1.58		0.518	0.438	0.768	0.974	0.627
UK-HadGEM2-ES	[-]	2.70	2.76	2.70				0.321	2.03	1.63		0.498	0.393	0.756	0.945	0.597
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	2.86	2.82	2.69				0.303	1.85	1.63		0.518	0.442	0.755	0.940	0.619

	Download Data	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	[-]	6.99
bcc-csm1-1	[-]	8.31	8.34	6.99				0.255	3.43	2.13		0.350	0.213	0.674	0.899	0.470
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	8.89	8.94	6.99				1.46	3.38	2.38		0.299	0.326	0.632	0.950	0.507
CanESM2	[-]	5.81	5.82	6.99				0.208	3.09	2.60		0.351	0.434	0.569	0.966	0.551
CanESM5	[-]	9.53	9.57	6.99				1.24	3.51	2.53		0.241	0.339	0.597	0.846	0.473
CESM1-BGC	[-]	8.07	8.07	6.99				-0.0455	2.75	2.45		0.424	0.431	0.602	0.984	0.574
CESM2	[-]	9.56	9.57	6.99				0.617	2.95	2.15		0.287	0.371	0.674	0.821	0.505
GFDL-ESM2G	[-]	11.5	11.3	6.99				2.82	4.56	2.61		0.0814	0.290	0.585	0.768	0.403
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	7.98	7.98	6.99				0.987	2.72	1.92		0.424	0.452	0.710	0.934	0.595
IPSL-CM5A-LR	[-]	7.76	7.79	6.99				0.427	3.54	2.76		0.231	0.332	0.546	0.742	0.437
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	13.1	13.0	6.99				0.923	4.21	2.66		0.201	0.378	0.564	0.282	0.361
MeanCMIP5	[-]	7.71	7.71	6.98				0.734	2.45	2.30		0.435	0.570	0.633	0.936	0.629
MeanCMIP6	[-]	8.59	8.59	6.99				0.768	2.25	2.07		0.379	0.591	0.678	0.987	0.645
MIROC-ESM	[-]	7.96	7.97	6.99				1.34	3.54	2.51		0.319	0.386	0.608	0.979	0.535
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	7.11	7.13	6.99				0.0605	2.92	2.92		0.444	0.383	0.526	0.962	0.540
MPI-ESM-LR	[-]	5.57	5.56	6.99				1.03	4.05	2.68		0.263	0.311	0.561	0.883	0.466
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	5.48	5.50	6.99				0.468	3.13	2.06		0.382	0.390	0.669	0.835	0.533
NorESM1-ME	[-]	7.81	7.77	6.99				0.186	2.74	2.60		0.487	0.472	0.584	0.988	0.601
NorESM2-LM	[-]	8.48	8.46	6.99				0.777	2.56	2.00		0.363	0.469	0.696	0.987	0.596
UK-HadGEM2-ES	[-]	6.49	6.45	6.98				0.482	3.81	2.23		0.351	0.344	0.657	0.889	0.517
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	6.69	6.70	6.99				0.402	2.87	1.97		0.477	0.441	0.704	0.943	0.601

	Download Data	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	[-]	2.03
bcc-csm1-1	[-]	2.15	2.14	2.03	0.604			0.236	1.31	1.94		0.407	0.441	0.709	0.922	0.584
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	2.25	2.25	2.03	0.636			0.369	1.26	1.72		0.416	0.481	0.749	0.905	0.607
CanESM2	[-]	1.84	1.82	2.03	0.561			-0.0826	1.20	1.65		0.447	0.469	0.761	0.923	0.614
CanESM5	[-]	2.25	2.24	2.03	0.688			0.353	1.41	1.63		0.387	0.425	0.767	0.854	0.571
CESM1-BGC	[-]	2.39	2.38	2.03	1.21			0.443	1.27	1.69		0.383	0.446	0.751	0.925	0.590
CESM2	[-]	2.23	2.23	2.03	1.18			0.343	1.13	1.42		0.474	0.503	0.802	0.915	0.639
GFDL-ESM2G	[-]	2.29	2.28	2.03	0.617			0.430	1.46	1.60		0.361	0.406	0.768	0.884	0.565
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	2.41	2.40	2.03	1.06			0.376	1.20	1.50		0.397	0.456	0.789	0.935	0.607
IPSL-CM5A-LR	[-]	1.87	1.86	2.03	1.35			-0.0467	1.41	1.68		0.353	0.417	0.757	0.904	0.570
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	2.53	2.53	2.03	1.18			0.589	1.42	1.48		0.370	0.445	0.790	0.761	0.562
MeanCMIP5	[-]	2.27	2.27	2.03	1.07	1.26		0.241	0.994	1.45		0.427	0.558	0.792	0.956	0.658
MeanCMIP6	[-]	2.26	2.26	2.03	0.792			0.368	0.973	1.32		0.443	0.571	0.814	0.943	0.668
MIROC-ESM	[-]	2.29	2.28	2.03	0.656			0.406	1.39	1.73		0.310	0.418	0.752	0.924	0.564
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	2.57	2.56	2.03	0.769			0.630	1.40	1.57		0.331	0.410	0.775	0.918	0.569
MPI-ESM-LR	[-]	2.06	1.98	2.03	1.73			0.207	1.19	1.45		0.387	0.493	0.796	0.929	0.620
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	1.99	1.99	2.03	0.563			0.125	1.19	1.43		0.375	0.470	0.798	0.933	0.609
NorESM1-ME	[-]	2.28	2.28	2.03	0.846			0.321	1.33	1.69		0.403	0.437	0.754	0.923	0.591
NorESM2-LM	[-]	2.13	2.12	2.03	0.838			0.228	1.12	1.50		0.466	0.496	0.789	0.950	0.639
UK-HadGEM2-ES	[-]	2.13	2.12	2.03	1.03			0.250	1.22	1.63		0.443	0.450	0.764	0.923	0.606
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	2.15	2.14	2.03	0.631			0.286	1.16	1.56		0.468	0.493	0.776	0.909	0.628

	Download Data	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	[-]	1.25
bcc-csm1-1	[-]	1.52	1.52	1.25	0.565			0.381	0.716	1.84		0.486	0.527	0.732	0.943	0.643
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	1.59	1.59	1.25	0.595			0.492	0.718	1.62		0.442	0.609	0.771	0.943	0.675
CanESM2	[-]	1.48	1.48	1.25	0.567			0.441	0.768	1.48		0.511	0.516	0.798	0.927	0.654
CanESM5	[-]	1.59	1.60	1.25	0.571			0.496	0.755	1.39		0.422	0.534	0.810	0.941	0.648
CESM1-BGC	[-]	1.73	1.73	1.25	0.789			0.663	0.894	1.69		0.335	0.557	0.755	0.923	0.625
CESM2	[-]	1.62	1.62	1.25	0.681			0.663	0.882	1.66		0.439	0.594	0.765	0.871	0.652
GFDL-ESM2G	[-]	1.63	1.64	1.25	0.525			0.476	0.725	1.57		0.355	0.524	0.779	0.942	0.624
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	1.86	1.91	1.25	0.599			0.658	0.872	1.50		0.262	0.491	0.795	0.928	0.593
IPSL-CM5A-LR	[-]	1.64	1.62	1.25	0.824			0.516	0.845	1.70		0.421	0.444	0.760	0.931	0.600
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	1.80	1.81	1.25	0.805			0.685	0.936	1.42		0.339	0.472	0.812	0.880	0.595
MeanCMIP5	[-]	1.76	1.80	1.25	0.643	1.19		0.549	0.753	1.54		0.385	0.609	0.783	0.943	0.666
MeanCMIP6	[-]	1.68	1.68	1.25	0.624			0.610	0.789	1.41		0.356	0.610	0.806	0.930	0.662
MIROC-ESM	[-]	1.76	1.76	1.25	0.664			0.624	0.867	1.63		0.300	0.537	0.776	0.939	0.618
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	1.78	1.79	1.25	0.605			0.639	0.948	1.55		0.323	0.435	0.785	0.915	0.578
MPI-ESM-LR	[-]	1.82	1.77	1.25				0.713	0.915	1.50		0.260	0.507	0.798	0.917	0.598
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	1.83	1.82	1.25	0.563			0.707	0.933	1.48		0.216	0.463	0.799	0.918	0.572
NorESM1-ME	[-]	1.56	1.55	1.25	0.643			0.480	0.756	1.68		0.481	0.612	0.758	0.935	0.680
NorESM2-LM	[-]	1.58	1.58	1.25	0.604			0.576	0.807	1.46		0.466	0.604	0.803	0.900	0.676
UK-HadGEM2-ES	[-]	1.66	1.66	1.25	0.572			0.649	0.952	1.68		0.343	0.398	0.764	0.893	0.559
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	1.56	1.56	1.25	0.631			0.575	0.823	1.56		0.448	0.524	0.781	0.888	0.633

	Download Data	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	[-]	5.40
bcc-csm1-1	[-]	4.53	4.49	5.40				-0.966	3.62	2.22		0.183	0.305	0.678	0.626	0.420
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	4.93	4.92	5.40				-0.454	3.63	2.00		0.233	0.270	0.721	0.671	0.433
CanESM2	[-]	3.21	3.09	5.40				-2.32	3.96	1.09		0.0866	0.433	0.872	0.621	0.489
CanESM5	[-]	4.91	4.75	5.40				-0.730	3.97	1.32		0.254	0.277	0.835	0.429	0.414
CESM1-BGC	[-]	5.41	5.42	5.40				-0.0482	2.94	1.74		0.392	0.354	0.768	0.742	0.522
CESM2	[-]	5.51	5.51	5.40				0.0931	2.72	0.726		0.482	0.356	0.928	0.870	0.598
GFDL-ESM2G	[-]	3.71	3.76	5.40				-1.68	3.34	1.07		0.219	0.299	0.885	0.933	0.527
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	4.98	5.00	5.40				-0.396	2.80	1.29		0.473	0.305	0.838	0.953	0.575
IPSL-CM5A-LR	[-]	4.27	4.26	5.40				-1.22	3.97	1.20		0.279	0.221	0.860	0.720	0.460
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	6.05	6.06	5.40				0.586	2.75	1.26		0.467	0.443	0.854	0.648	0.571
MeanCMIP5	[-]	4.53	4.53	5.39				-0.865	2.36	0.989		0.337	0.532	0.895	0.937	0.647
MeanCMIP6	[-]	5.49	5.49	5.40				0.0383	2.24	1.16		0.520	0.484	0.868	0.940	0.659
MIROC-ESM	[-]	4.60	4.55	5.40				-0.899	2.69	1.60		0.299	0.431	0.770	0.906	0.568
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	6.25	6.21	5.40				0.803	2.73	1.47		0.468	0.371	0.804	0.916	0.586
MPI-ESM-LR	[-]	4.30	4.30	5.40				-1.14	2.94	1.31		0.328	0.365	0.830	0.859	0.549
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	5.51	5.50	5.40				-0.0492	2.69	1.22		0.397	0.444	0.853	0.809	0.589
NorESM1-ME	[-]	4.96	4.95	5.40				-0.535	2.79	1.44		0.341	0.350	0.808	0.898	0.550
NorESM2-LM	[-]	5.27	5.22	5.40				-0.196	3.11	1.27		0.393	0.237	0.858	0.913	0.527
UK-HadGEM2-ES	[-]	6.44	6.43	5.39				0.896	2.78	1.33		0.412	0.432	0.839	0.808	0.584
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	6.09	6.10	5.40				0.652	3.06	1.50		0.441	0.333	0.814	0.823	0.549

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  Title:

CPC Merged Analysis of Precipitation (excludes NCEP Reanalysis)

  Version:

1904

  Institutions:

NOAA/OAR/ESRL PSD, Boulder, Colorado, USA

  Source:

Merged Precipitation with gauge observations, a variety of satellite observations and the NCEP–NCAR reanalysis

  History:

2019-04-30: downloaded source from https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.cmap.html#detail

2019-07-01: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-pr-cmap.py

  References:

Xie, P., and P.A. Arkin (1997), Global precipitation: A 17-year monthly analysis based on gauge observations, satellite estimates, and numerical model outputs, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 78, 2539-2558

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  Comments:

time_period: 1979-01 through 2018-12

original_temporal_resolution: monthly

original_spatial_resolution: 2.5 degree

original_units: mm/day

final_temporal_resolution: monthly

final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

final_units: kg/m2/s

  Convention:

CF-1.7