Boreal forest Global - Land Subtropical desert Temperate grassland/desert Temperate rain forest Temperate seasonal forest Tropical rain forest Tropical seasonal forest/savanna Tundra Woodland/shrubland

	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	[-]	1.56
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	2.44	2.48	1.56				0.952	1.26	1.01		0.439	0.523	0.861	0.866	0.642
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	1.98	1.98	1.56				0.438	0.668	0.974		0.705	0.691	0.875	0.914	0.775
CanESM5	[-]	1.89	1.92	1.56				0.387	0.790	0.941		0.640	0.620	0.882	0.919	0.736
CESM2	[-]	2.03	2.05	1.56				0.534	0.802	1.06		0.653	0.672	0.852	0.734	0.717
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	2.23	2.23	1.56				0.679	0.901	0.923		0.538	0.634	0.889	0.836	0.706
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	2.22	2.25	1.56				0.726	1.01	0.937		0.552	0.601	0.890	0.587	0.646
MeanCMIP6	[-]	2.04	2.08	1.56				0.548	0.732	0.734		0.618	0.712	0.916	0.923	0.776
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	2.25	2.27	1.56				0.711	1.06	0.943		0.547	0.574	0.875	0.888	0.692
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	2.28	2.29	1.56				0.745	1.01	0.960		0.501	0.595	0.877	0.850	0.684
NorESM2-LM	[-]	1.88	1.91	1.56				0.380	0.689	0.886		0.696	0.689	0.892	0.931	0.779
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	2.02	2.00	1.56				0.489	0.776	0.882		0.638	0.632	0.886	0.866	0.731

	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	[-]	2.04
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	2.52	2.52	2.04	1.52			0.606	1.52	1.62		0.597	0.533	0.805	0.840	0.662
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	2.26	2.26	2.04	0.659			0.363	1.25	1.63		0.649	0.593	0.764	0.903	0.700
CanESM5	[-]	2.26	2.24	2.04	0.714			0.342	1.41	1.58		0.628	0.558	0.813	0.852	0.682
CESM2	[-]	2.23	2.23	2.04	1.19			0.338	1.12	1.41		0.702	0.615	0.841	0.911	0.737
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	2.41	2.40	2.04	1.07			0.362	1.19	1.42		0.674	0.600	0.838	0.933	0.729
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	2.54	2.54	2.04	1.19			0.586	1.42	1.45		0.628	0.596	0.819	0.757	0.679
MeanCMIP6	[-]	2.27	2.27	2.04	0.798			0.362	0.971	1.28		0.706	0.678	0.851	0.938	0.770
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	2.57	2.56	2.04	0.783			0.620	1.40	1.55		0.638	0.573	0.793	0.916	0.699
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	1.99	1.99	2.04	0.576			0.113	1.19	1.41		0.660	0.605	0.811	0.931	0.723
NorESM2-LM	[-]	2.13	2.12	2.04	0.871			0.212	1.12	1.42		0.705	0.609	0.838	0.950	0.742
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	2.15	2.15	2.04	0.624			0.281	1.16	1.49		0.693	0.605	0.815	0.905	0.724

	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	[-]	0.648
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	0.788	0.795	0.650				0.165	0.693	2.05		0.680	0.566	0.765	0.717	0.659
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	0.798	0.824	0.650				0.198	0.638	1.65		0.683	0.596	0.802	0.703	0.676
CanESM5	[-]	0.795	0.798	0.650				0.165	0.754	2.08		0.658	0.545	0.772	0.485	0.601
CESM2	[-]	0.769	0.760	0.650				0.121	0.520	1.86		0.760	0.637	0.817	0.894	0.749
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	0.796	0.800	0.650				0.149	0.601	1.63		0.733	0.599	0.817	0.786	0.707
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	1.10	1.00	0.650				0.344	0.847	1.66		0.603	0.550	0.808	0.504	0.603
MeanCMIP6	[-]	0.796	0.788	0.648				0.157	0.515	1.43		0.718	0.673	0.850	0.755	0.734
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	1.09	1.07	0.650				0.447	0.866	1.56		0.594	0.534	0.831	0.506	0.600
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	0.419	0.423	0.650				-0.185	0.577	1.43		0.684	0.639	0.822	0.858	0.728
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.818	0.781	0.650				0.137	0.618	1.77		0.681	0.622	0.820	0.711	0.691
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	0.624	0.631	0.650				0.00504	0.554	1.66		0.738	0.637	0.819	0.673	0.701

	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	[-]	0.584
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	1.04	0.985	0.583				0.406	0.710	1.73		0.565	0.515	0.700	0.671	0.593
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	1.01	0.986	0.583				0.409	0.697	1.94		0.576	0.527	0.710	0.568	0.582
CanESM5	[-]	0.796	0.764	0.583				0.197	0.617	1.93		0.620	0.531	0.698	0.655	0.607
CESM2	[-]	0.875	0.849	0.583				0.278	0.557	1.39		0.614	0.588	0.773	0.807	0.674
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	0.861	0.851	0.583				0.269	0.594	1.87		0.599	0.520	0.687	0.784	0.622
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	1.06	0.981	0.583				0.395	0.752	1.86		0.518	0.507	0.707	0.502	0.548
MeanCMIP6	[-]	0.926	0.884	0.584				0.306	0.546	1.69		0.606	0.603	0.733	0.810	0.671
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	1.31	1.24	0.583				0.679	0.935	1.64		0.476	0.512	0.744	0.526	0.554
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	0.706	0.708	0.583				0.127	0.592	1.93		0.625	0.520	0.716	0.792	0.634
NorESM2-LM	[-]	0.885	0.843	0.583				0.267	0.660	1.97		0.579	0.526	0.683	0.722	0.607
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	0.643	0.677	0.583				0.110	0.453	1.57		0.688	0.609	0.734	0.750	0.678

	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	[-]	4.48
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	8.31	8.69	4.48				3.56	4.99	1.44		0.448	0.470	0.807	0.534	0.546
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	5.81	6.16	4.48				1.19	2.86	1.41		0.580	0.592	0.801	0.829	0.679
CanESM5	[-]	6.40	5.63	4.48				0.573	2.90	1.33		0.583	0.579	0.832	0.810	0.676
CESM2	[-]	6.71	6.90	4.48				2.17	3.15	1.36		0.555	0.545	0.817	0.952	0.683
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	5.58	5.61	4.48				1.12	2.40	1.40		0.613	0.614	0.807	0.958	0.721
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	6.99	8.69	4.48				3.19	4.63	1.36		0.447	0.540	0.816	0.386	0.546
MeanCMIP6	[-]	6.28	6.41	4.48				1.52	2.40	1.33		0.611	0.677	0.809	0.958	0.746
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	5.80	5.95	4.48				0.948	2.86	1.85		0.539	0.608	0.730	0.777	0.652
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	5.80	5.80	4.48				1.15	2.33	1.55		0.612	0.640	0.782	0.964	0.728
NorESM2-LM	[-]	5.64	5.35	4.48				0.707	2.38	1.42		0.641	0.598	0.796	0.880	0.702
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	7.10	7.02	4.48				2.40	3.41	1.56		0.509	0.566	0.802	0.872	0.663

	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	[-]	2.49
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	3.55	3.52	2.49				1.08	1.61	1.53		0.552	0.553	0.787	0.663	0.622
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	2.72	2.75	2.49				0.316	1.05	2.02		0.736	0.648	0.717	0.880	0.726
CanESM5	[-]	3.34	3.17	2.49				0.684	1.36	1.35		0.641	0.603	0.814	0.633	0.659
CESM2	[-]	2.99	2.97	2.49				0.576	1.17	1.36		0.709	0.642	0.813	0.707	0.702
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	3.24	3.25	2.49				0.751	1.18	1.30		0.651	0.665	0.828	0.824	0.727
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	3.38	3.30	2.49				0.851	1.50	1.37		0.610	0.574	0.798	0.645	0.640
MeanCMIP6	[-]	3.08	3.07	2.49				0.636	1.00	1.12		0.696	0.708	0.851	0.868	0.766
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	3.27	3.24	2.49				0.778	1.35	1.34		0.614	0.604	0.814	0.871	0.701
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	3.23	3.22	2.49				0.736	1.31	1.37		0.646	0.606	0.798	0.808	0.693
NorESM2-LM	[-]	2.67	2.74	2.49				0.313	0.999	1.34		0.731	0.654	0.819	0.929	0.758
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	3.13	3.17	2.49				0.764	1.22	1.40		0.656	0.636	0.807	0.698	0.687

	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	[-]	7.29
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	9.74	9.63	7.31				2.00	4.40	1.30		0.553	0.440	0.827	0.494	0.551
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	7.23	7.17	7.31				0.181	3.93	2.81		0.565	0.465	0.527	0.509	0.506
CanESM5	[-]	7.72	7.35	7.31				0.410	4.06	1.47		0.557	0.470	0.799	0.393	0.538
CESM2	[-]	8.44	8.43	7.31				1.31	3.54	1.41		0.606	0.516	0.797	0.555	0.598
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	7.27	7.29	7.31				-0.0184	2.92	1.69		0.662	0.536	0.773	0.786	0.659
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	10.7	10.4	7.31				2.62	5.16	1.78		0.509	0.570	0.732	0.101	0.496
MeanCMIP6	[-]	7.53	7.56	7.29				0.475	2.50	1.51		0.663	0.644	0.783	0.727	0.692
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	6.95	6.88	7.31				-0.292	2.64	1.79		0.698	0.572	0.725	0.922	0.698
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	6.32	6.29	7.31				-0.574	2.93	1.92		0.639	0.575	0.709	0.699	0.639
NorESM2-LM	[-]	6.77	6.69	7.31				-0.233	3.27	1.33		0.599	0.515	0.823	0.769	0.645
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	7.48	7.50	7.31				0.413	3.13	1.53		0.688	0.535	0.795	0.794	0.669

	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	[-]	3.87
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	4.53	4.57	3.88				0.734	2.69	1.25		0.645	0.545	0.829	0.733	0.659
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	4.37	4.36	3.88				0.598	2.44	1.32		0.640	0.575	0.807	0.811	0.681
CanESM5	[-]	4.28	4.37	3.88				0.576	2.83	1.32		0.632	0.532	0.826	0.715	0.647
CESM2	[-]	4.08	4.09	3.88				0.312	1.93	1.00		0.757	0.614	0.875	0.923	0.756
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	4.23	4.27	3.88				0.392	2.19	0.981		0.731	0.581	0.876	0.943	0.742
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	4.64	4.57	3.88				0.693	2.19	1.09		0.713	0.621	0.860	0.794	0.722
MeanCMIP6	[-]	4.24	4.24	3.87				0.450	1.64	0.929		0.762	0.675	0.879	0.970	0.792
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	4.79	4.79	3.88				0.914	2.46	1.27		0.679	0.572	0.821	0.934	0.715
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	3.45	3.45	3.88				-0.218	2.01	1.11		0.717	0.622	0.851	0.895	0.742
NorESM2-LM	[-]	3.97	3.98	3.88				0.214	2.04	1.00		0.758	0.596	0.865	0.950	0.753
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	4.15	4.10	3.88				0.302	2.09	1.21		0.729	0.606	0.832	0.885	0.732

	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	[-]	0.864
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	1.50	1.51	0.863				0.625	0.901	1.18		0.388	0.433	0.856	0.836	0.589
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	1.26	1.27	0.863				0.386	0.526	0.853		0.556	0.650	0.900	0.967	0.745
CanESM5	[-]	1.20	1.20	0.863				0.311	0.563	0.978		0.608	0.564	0.881	0.959	0.715
CESM2	[-]	1.32	1.32	0.863				0.434	0.588	1.01		0.536	0.608	0.879	0.912	0.708
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	1.35	1.37	0.863				0.504	0.736	1.05		0.444	0.512	0.872	0.886	0.645
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	1.43	1.44	0.863				0.551	0.807	1.10		0.477	0.510	0.865	0.669	0.606
MeanCMIP6	[-]	1.28	1.30	0.864				0.413	0.596	0.875		0.534	0.595	0.898	0.947	0.714
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	1.38	1.39	0.863				0.476	0.748	1.22		0.528	0.485	0.836	0.884	0.644
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	1.38	1.38	0.863				0.497	0.749	0.942		0.447	0.503	0.880	0.848	0.636
NorESM2-LM	[-]	1.25	1.26	0.863				0.363	0.521	0.909		0.582	0.627	0.900	0.929	0.733
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	1.18	1.18	0.863				0.300	0.547	0.959		0.590	0.564	0.886	0.949	0.711

	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	[-]	1.46
ACCESS-ESM1-5	[-]	2.12	2.15	1.46				0.681	1.19	1.88		0.601	0.531	0.710	0.624	0.599
BCC-CSM2-MR	[-]	1.90	1.88	1.46				0.404	0.922	1.77		0.691	0.609	0.751	0.726	0.677
CanESM5	[-]	2.01	1.92	1.46				0.424	1.12	1.46		0.626	0.586	0.790	0.506	0.619
CESM2	[-]	1.84	1.85	1.46				0.367	0.932	1.46		0.689	0.606	0.787	0.734	0.684
GFDL-ESM4	[-]	2.00	1.99	1.46				0.533	0.932	1.61		0.636	0.628	0.785	0.833	0.702
IPSL-CM6A-LR	[-]	2.19	2.17	1.46				0.678	1.24	1.38		0.568	0.569	0.803	0.613	0.625
MeanCMIP6	[-]	1.95	1.94	1.46				0.474	0.844	1.36		0.666	0.667	0.813	0.820	0.727
MIROC-ESM2L	[-]	2.38	2.35	1.46				0.891	1.33	1.57		0.505	0.569	0.769	0.605	0.603
MPI-ESM1.2-HR	[-]	1.81	1.81	1.46				0.349	0.976	1.57		0.659	0.576	0.775	0.814	0.680
NorESM2-LM	[-]	1.79	1.75	1.46				0.275	0.936	1.61		0.676	0.589	0.783	0.773	0.682
UKESM1-0-LL	[-]	1.83	1.80	1.46				0.341	0.853	1.50		0.706	0.621	0.784	0.754	0.697

Boreal forest Global - Land Subtropical desert Temperate grassland/desert Temperate rain forest Temperate seasonal forest Tropical rain forest Tropical seasonal forest/savanna Tundra Woodland/shrubland 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:

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