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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 [-] 1.60
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 2.44 2.49 1.60 1.43 0.908 1.21 1.01 0.504 0.580 0.867 0.956 0.697
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 1.98 1.98 1.60 1.09 0.394 0.717 1.01 0.730 0.701 0.863 0.961 0.791
CanESM5 [-] 1.89 1.93 1.60 1.22 0.342 0.790 0.998 0.677 0.659 0.863 0.962 0.764
CESM2 [-] 2.03 2.05 1.60 1.05 0.487 0.780 1.02 0.692 0.697 0.861 0.881 0.766
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 2.23 2.24 1.60 1.93 0.635 0.861 0.941 0.602 0.679 0.879 0.944 0.756
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 2.22 2.25 1.60 1.22 0.677 0.965 0.896 0.612 0.645 0.887 0.774 0.712
MeanCMIP6 [-] 2.04 2.08 1.61 1.17 0.500 0.703 0.716 0.677 0.746 0.910 0.975 0.811
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 2.26 2.27 1.60 1.68 0.666 1.07 0.965 0.578 0.617 0.867 0.949 0.726
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 2.28 2.29 1.60 1.32 0.700 0.952 0.889 0.569 0.644 0.889 0.954 0.740
NorESM2-LM [-] 1.88 1.91 1.60 1.16 0.331 0.716 0.948 0.711 0.700 0.878 0.962 0.790
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 2.02 2.00 1.60 1.14 0.443 0.718 0.838 0.697 0.687 0.887 0.965 0.784
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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 [-] 2.26
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 2.52 2.72 2.26 0.855 0.544 1.57 1.48 0.627 0.561 0.810 0.928 0.697
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 2.26 2.41 2.26 0.860 0.250 1.38 1.50 0.659 0.601 0.772 0.943 0.715
CanESM5 [-] 2.26 2.42 2.26 0.841 0.256 1.58 1.48 0.632 0.566 0.805 0.915 0.697
CESM2 [-] 2.24 2.39 2.26 0.838 0.238 1.17 1.29 0.719 0.635 0.843 0.963 0.759
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 2.40 2.53 2.26 1.68 0.268 1.28 1.26 0.687 0.618 0.844 0.953 0.744
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 2.54 2.74 2.26 0.905 0.547 1.52 1.30 0.647 0.611 0.834 0.848 0.710
MeanCMIP6 [-] 2.27 2.43 2.26 0.929 0.265 1.06 1.11 0.715 0.684 0.857 0.961 0.780
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 2.58 2.73 2.26 1.31 0.534 1.55 1.41 0.639 0.585 0.798 0.941 0.710
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 1.99 2.14 2.26 0.531 -0.00410 1.27 1.25 0.675 0.623 0.817 0.934 0.734
NorESM2-LM [-] 2.13 2.25 2.26 1.00 0.0829 1.25 1.33 0.704 0.618 0.835 0.945 0.744
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 2.16 2.32 2.26 0.755 0.167 1.20 1.32 0.713 0.630 0.820 0.957 0.750
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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 [-] 0.650
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 0.788 0.794 0.650 1.26 0.163 0.704 1.97 0.698 0.590 0.790 0.779 0.689
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.800 0.825 0.650 1.33 0.199 0.668 1.64 0.700 0.614 0.812 0.767 0.701
CanESM5 [-] 0.792 0.795 0.650 1.36 0.162 0.765 2.04 0.681 0.572 0.792 0.547 0.633
CESM2 [-] 0.771 0.762 0.650 1.00 0.120 0.538 1.79 0.776 0.659 0.835 0.924 0.771
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.796 0.799 0.650 1.15 0.149 0.610 1.58 0.746 0.624 0.832 0.837 0.733
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 1.10 1.01 0.650 1.14 0.346 0.849 1.64 0.625 0.582 0.827 0.568 0.637
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.797 0.789 0.650 1.33 0.155 0.535 1.35 0.735 0.689 0.873 0.812 0.760
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 1.09 1.07 0.650 1.57 0.447 0.888 1.64 0.621 0.560 0.826 0.567 0.627
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.419 0.422 0.650 0.270 -0.184 0.578 1.35 0.712 0.657 0.840 0.889 0.751
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.816 0.779 0.650 0.951 0.132 0.640 1.74 0.701 0.642 0.836 0.770 0.718
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.625 0.631 0.650 1.60 0.00459 0.575 1.63 0.751 0.652 0.837 0.728 0.724
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Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]
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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 [-] 0.542
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 1.04 0.985 0.542 0.587 0.447 0.717 1.73 0.584 0.555 0.708 0.638 0.608
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 1.01 0.989 0.542 0.722 0.451 0.714 2.00 0.594 0.561 0.698 0.575 0.598
CanESM5 [-] 0.799 0.767 0.542 0.461 0.241 0.627 1.93 0.625 0.557 0.686 0.632 0.612
CESM2 [-] 0.875 0.850 0.542 0.427 0.315 0.560 1.37 0.637 0.620 0.763 0.824 0.693
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.859 0.849 0.542 0.806 0.309 0.573 1.70 0.640 0.565 0.716 0.790 0.655
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 1.06 0.980 0.542 0.496 0.435 0.712 1.83 0.546 0.548 0.706 0.505 0.571
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.926 0.885 0.543 0.503 0.347 0.549 1.59 0.625 0.640 0.745 0.810 0.692
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 1.31 1.24 0.542 0.672 0.721 0.959 1.60 0.514 0.556 0.759 0.496 0.576
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.708 0.709 0.542 0.488 0.168 0.552 1.75 0.657 0.560 0.754 0.814 0.669
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.884 0.843 0.542 0.439 0.306 0.666 1.91 0.601 0.558 0.684 0.736 0.627
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.644 0.679 0.542 0.295 0.152 0.442 1.54 0.712 0.650 0.750 0.749 0.703
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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 [-] 6.42
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 8.31 8.68 6.42 1.63 4.43 1.42 0.578 0.609 0.830 0.845 0.694
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 5.81 6.16 6.42 -0.825 4.00 1.42 0.501 0.596 0.799 0.898 0.678
CanESM5 [-] 6.37 5.60 6.42 4.57 -1.37 4.34 1.41 0.476 0.611 0.823 0.890 0.682
CESM2 [-] 6.71 6.90 6.42 0.212 2.91 1.22 0.630 0.663 0.846 0.848 0.730
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 5.57 5.60 6.42 4.44 -0.805 2.99 1.35 0.597 0.650 0.830 0.738 0.693
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 7.01 8.71 6.42 1.25 4.90 1.10 0.502 0.634 0.885 0.710 0.673
MeanCMIP6 [-] 6.28 6.41 6.42 5.14 -0.417 3.14 1.06 0.562 0.696 0.870 0.792 0.723
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 5.81 5.96 6.42 4.99 -0.967 4.09 1.32 0.468 0.637 0.854 0.905 0.700
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 5.81 5.82 6.42 -0.717 2.96 1.45 0.575 0.685 0.812 0.751 0.701
NorESM2-LM [-] 5.63 5.35 6.42 5.37 -1.23 3.41 1.10 0.553 0.626 0.883 0.529 0.644
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 7.10 7.02 6.42 0.456 3.28 1.36 0.604 0.652 0.827 0.934 0.734
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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 [-] 2.78
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 3.55 3.53 2.78 2.89 0.804 1.53 1.52 0.628 0.604 0.782 0.870 0.698
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 2.72 2.75 2.78 2.44 0.0294 1.15 1.94 0.736 0.667 0.737 0.955 0.752
CanESM5 [-] 3.34 3.18 2.78 2.79 0.402 1.46 1.35 0.668 0.634 0.808 0.837 0.716
CESM2 [-] 2.98 2.97 2.78 2.09 0.289 1.12 1.35 0.747 0.677 0.817 0.906 0.765
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 3.24 3.25 2.78 3.26 0.466 1.13 1.31 0.712 0.692 0.824 0.961 0.776
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 3.39 3.30 2.78 2.60 0.574 1.48 1.39 0.657 0.617 0.791 0.853 0.707
MeanCMIP6 [-] 3.08 3.08 2.78 2.49 0.349 0.993 1.11 0.744 0.731 0.846 0.969 0.804
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 3.27 3.24 2.78 2.33 0.493 1.40 1.46 0.651 0.637 0.783 0.957 0.733
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 3.23 3.21 2.78 3.05 0.445 1.23 1.29 0.702 0.652 0.805 0.955 0.753
NorESM2-LM [-] 2.67 2.75 2.78 2.34 0.0284 1.08 1.27 0.732 0.680 0.827 0.955 0.775
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 3.13 3.17 2.78 2.46 0.482 1.17 1.44 0.715 0.677 0.803 0.898 0.754
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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 [-] 8.43
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 9.74 9.63 8.43 0.907 4.35 1.54 0.611 0.490 0.777 0.801 0.634
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 7.22 7.16 8.43 -0.961 4.35 2.68 0.592 0.486 0.560 0.841 0.593
CanESM5 [-] 7.70 7.33 8.43 -0.727 4.70 1.88 0.543 0.483 0.719 0.767 0.599
CESM2 [-] 8.45 8.44 8.43 0.198 3.73 1.53 0.634 0.546 0.775 0.885 0.677
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 7.25 7.26 8.43 10.4 -1.16 3.42 1.59 0.636 0.567 0.775 0.976 0.704
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 10.7 10.4 8.43 1.51 5.44 1.74 0.519 0.568 0.745 0.226 0.525
MeanCMIP6 [-] 7.53 7.55 8.41 9.93 -0.653 3.07 1.59 0.647 0.631 0.771 0.966 0.729
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 6.96 6.89 8.43 -1.41 3.57 2.03 0.623 0.557 0.683 0.888 0.661
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 6.32 6.29 8.43 -1.70 3.84 2.00 0.595 0.571 0.692 0.952 0.676
NorESM2-LM [-] 6.75 6.67 8.43 9.77 -1.38 3.97 1.51 0.571 0.533 0.784 0.966 0.678
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 7.48 7.50 8.43 -0.716 3.40 1.65 0.665 0.567 0.764 0.976 0.708
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Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]
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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 [-] 4.12
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 4.53 4.57 4.12 4.67 0.490 2.72 1.23 0.661 0.568 0.832 0.871 0.700
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 4.37 4.36 4.12 4.53 0.353 2.61 1.31 0.642 0.588 0.813 0.917 0.710
CanESM5 [-] 4.27 4.36 4.12 3.83 0.330 2.99 1.34 0.634 0.546 0.821 0.848 0.679
CESM2 [-] 4.09 4.09 4.12 4.13 0.0674 2.01 1.03 0.752 0.635 0.869 0.974 0.773
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 4.23 4.26 4.12 4.76 0.143 2.33 0.994 0.719 0.601 0.869 0.966 0.751
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 4.64 4.58 4.12 3.83 0.468 2.34 1.10 0.717 0.633 0.861 0.902 0.749
MeanCMIP6 [-] 4.24 4.24 4.11 4.13 0.206 1.81 0.960 0.751 0.678 0.874 0.961 0.789
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 4.79 4.79 4.12 5.41 0.681 2.61 1.28 0.686 0.582 0.821 0.961 0.726
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 3.46 3.45 4.12 1.06 -0.452 2.18 1.14 0.718 0.632 0.839 0.954 0.755
NorESM2-LM [-] 3.97 3.97 4.12 3.25 -0.0439 2.19 1.09 0.751 0.610 0.851 0.967 0.758
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 4.15 4.10 4.12 3.46 0.0594 2.22 1.25 0.730 0.620 0.825 0.957 0.750
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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 [-] 0.858
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 1.50 1.52 0.858 1.20 0.631 0.871 1.07 0.405 0.473 0.870 0.833 0.611
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 1.26 1.27 0.858 0.914 0.390 0.516 0.760 0.577 0.688 0.906 0.963 0.764
CanESM5 [-] 1.20 1.20 0.858 0.861 0.316 0.525 0.868 0.624 0.618 0.886 0.960 0.741
CESM2 [-] 1.32 1.32 0.858 0.972 0.440 0.561 0.865 0.548 0.654 0.892 0.915 0.733
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 1.35 1.37 0.858 0.869 0.510 0.704 0.908 0.473 0.558 0.894 0.890 0.675
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 1.44 1.44 0.858 1.11 0.556 0.769 0.942 0.495 0.560 0.893 0.686 0.639
MeanCMIP6 [-] 1.29 1.30 0.859 0.937 0.420 0.563 0.714 0.553 0.653 0.912 0.949 0.744
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 1.39 1.39 0.858 0.839 0.483 0.728 1.10 0.541 0.527 0.865 0.878 0.667
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 1.38 1.38 0.858 1.29 0.503 0.712 0.832 0.473 0.553 0.896 0.848 0.665
NorESM2-LM [-] 1.25 1.26 0.858 0.861 0.367 0.497 0.776 0.601 0.665 0.899 0.931 0.752
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 1.18 1.18 0.858 1.06 0.309 0.513 0.860 0.603 0.616 0.894 0.951 0.736
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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 [-] 1.52
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 2.12 2.15 1.52 1.74 0.629 1.16 1.69 0.643 0.579 0.750 0.752 0.660
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 1.90 1.88 1.52 1.66 0.355 0.947 1.70 0.711 0.636 0.773 0.841 0.719
CanESM5 [-] 2.01 1.92 1.52 1.63 0.369 1.16 1.52 0.651 0.605 0.787 0.645 0.659
CESM2 [-] 1.84 1.85 1.52 1.62 0.311 0.920 1.36 0.705 0.643 0.812 0.851 0.731
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 1.99 1.98 1.52 2.49 0.472 0.890 1.49 0.694 0.663 0.807 0.933 0.752
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 2.19 2.17 1.52 1.85 0.623 1.19 1.26 0.610 0.608 0.826 0.753 0.681
MeanCMIP6 [-] 1.95 1.94 1.52 1.82 0.416 0.826 1.28 0.701 0.699 0.833 0.920 0.771
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 2.38 2.35 1.52 2.60 0.837 1.31 1.57 0.553 0.611 0.775 0.749 0.660
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 1.81 1.81 1.52 1.36 0.294 0.926 1.46 0.697 0.621 0.802 0.919 0.732
NorESM2-LM [-] 1.78 1.75 1.52 1.69 0.214 0.958 1.60 0.691 0.619 0.790 0.883 0.720
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 1.83 1.80 1.52 2.25 0.284 0.839 1.41 0.732 0.660 0.805 0.870 0.745

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Data Information

  Title:
GPCC Full Data Reanalysis Version 2018 0.5x0.5 Monthly Total

  Version:
v2018

  Institutions:
Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC)

  Source:
GPCC Precipitation 0.5 degree V2018 Full Reanalysis

  History:
2020-10-07: downloaded source from ftp://ftp.cdc.noaa.gov/Datasets/gpcc/full_v2018/precip.mon.total.v2018.nc
2020-10-07: converted to netCDF, original data is divided by days in a month for a mean monthly rate.

  References:
Schneider, Udo and Finger, Peter and Meyer-Christoffer, Anja and Rustemeier, Elke and Ziese, Markus and Becker, Andreas (2017), Evaluating the Hydrological Cycle over Land Using the Newly-Corrected Precipitation Climatology from the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC), Atmosphere, 12, doi:10.3390/atmos8030052

  Comments:
time_period: 1980-01 through 2016-12
temporal_resolution: monthly
spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree
units: mm d-1

  Convention:
CF-1.8