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) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.967
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	2.76	2.75	0.972	1.40	0.749		1.78	2.42	1.67		0.179	0.290	0.788	0.286	0.367
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	2.37	2.37	0.972	1.12	0.749		1.40	2.05	1.63		0.263	0.325	0.805	0.292	0.402
CLM-Princeton	[-]	3.58	3.57	0.970	1.53	0.747		2.59	3.34	1.62		0.0955	0.264	0.798	0.246	0.333
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	1.06	1.07	0.969	0.737	0.567		0.103	0.708	1.25		0.804	0.434	0.872	0.974	0.704
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	1.03	1.04	0.969	0.716	0.567		0.0708	0.685	1.24		0.809	0.441	0.877	0.963	0.706
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	1.22	1.23	0.968	0.811	0.567		0.267	0.845	1.35		0.728	0.400	0.853	0.983	0.673
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	1.42	1.42	0.979	1.08	0.772		0.444	0.939	0.893		0.580	0.457	0.939	0.728	0.632
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	1.69	1.68	0.979	1.29	0.772		0.702	1.08	0.850		0.470	0.457	0.943	0.714	0.608
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	1.71	1.71	0.979	1.21	0.772		0.737	1.14	0.851		0.460	0.446	0.942	0.636	0.586
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	1.73	1.74	0.969	1.16	0.597		0.775	1.21	1.16		0.416	0.409	0.886	0.747	0.573
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	1.66	1.68	0.969	1.06	0.597		0.711	1.14	1.11		0.451	0.427	0.897	0.761	0.593
Mean-Princeton	[-]	2.14	2.16	0.968	1.29	0.595		1.20	1.62	1.23		0.280	0.385	0.872	0.685	0.522

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.22
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	2.08	1.92	1.22	2.52	1.73		0.697	1.26	2.09		0.310	0.290	0.615	0.825	0.466
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	1.73	1.58	1.22	2.24	1.73		0.355	1.09	2.02		0.309	0.302	0.631	0.877	0.484
CLM-Princeton	[-]	2.34	2.19	1.22	2.57	1.72		0.969	1.57	2.01		0.256	0.278	0.624	0.752	0.438
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	1.59	1.55	1.22	2.10	1.51		0.323	0.723	1.78		0.461	0.345	0.669	0.944	0.553
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	1.51	1.46	1.22	2.03	1.51		0.240	0.713	1.84		0.467	0.323	0.648	0.961	0.545
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	1.72	1.67	1.22	2.21	1.51		0.454	0.846	1.89		0.426	0.319	0.649	0.930	0.528
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	1.50	1.45	1.19	1.84	1.58		0.259	0.797	1.77		0.389	0.299	0.672	0.943	0.521
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	1.74	1.67	1.19	1.88	1.58		0.476	0.926	1.86		0.346	0.282	0.647	0.937	0.499
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	1.63	1.57	1.19	1.84	1.58		0.375	0.853	1.77		0.372	0.294	0.671	0.929	0.512
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	1.72	1.67	1.23	2.28	0.769		0.446	0.819	1.70		0.391	0.341	0.680	0.942	0.539
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	1.64	1.59	1.23	2.15	0.769		0.364	0.784	1.73		0.410	0.332	0.673	0.958	0.541
Mean-Princeton	[-]	1.89	1.85	1.22	2.36	0.767		0.624	0.980	1.71		0.346	0.327	0.685	0.918	0.520

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.277
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	0.289	0.280	0.274	1.14	0.558		0.00649	0.331	2.20		0.396	0.229	0.670	0.822	0.469
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	0.241	0.236	0.274	0.866	0.558		-0.0372	0.302	2.14		0.390	0.248	0.710	0.876	0.494
CLM-Princeton	[-]	0.270	0.262	0.274	1.20	0.554		-0.0117	0.323	2.15		0.392	0.233	0.710	0.807	0.475
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	0.316	0.299	0.277	1.86	0.593		0.0247	0.248	2.00		0.393	0.310	0.746	0.741	0.500
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	0.315	0.301	0.277	1.42	0.593		0.0275	0.257	2.00		0.384	0.292	0.735	0.748	0.490
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	0.345	0.327	0.277	1.75	0.590		0.0536	0.281	2.03		0.363	0.271	0.728	0.663	0.459
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	0.369	0.371	0.271	0.309	0.373		0.102	0.305	2.37		0.291	0.281	0.661	0.668	0.436
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	0.482	0.484	0.271	0.361	0.373		0.216	0.384	2.29		0.245	0.240	0.670	0.564	0.392
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	0.334	0.336	0.271	0.220	0.373		0.0668	0.288	2.22		0.321	0.284	0.682	0.665	0.447
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	0.340	0.325	0.278	1.80	0.229		0.0473	0.241	2.06		0.417	0.309	0.746	0.819	0.520
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	0.358	0.346	0.278	1.35	0.229		0.0678	0.249	2.05		0.374	0.302	0.738	0.833	0.510
Mean-Princeton	[-]	0.335	0.319	0.278	1.87	0.228		0.0413	0.247	2.04		0.427	0.298	0.751	0.777	0.510

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.245
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	0.393	0.391	0.243	0.806	0.781		0.152	0.476	1.81		0.301	0.133	0.768	0.430	0.353
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	0.358	0.349	0.243	0.819	0.781		0.115	0.414	1.89		0.316	0.163	0.753	0.447	0.369
CLM-Princeton	[-]	0.450	0.447	0.243	0.849	0.777		0.208	0.532	1.89		0.293	0.121	0.754	0.344	0.327
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	0.353	0.339	0.245	0.865	0.836		0.0913	0.210	1.17		0.400	0.329	0.861	0.744	0.533
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	0.373	0.357	0.245	0.946	0.836		0.110	0.231	1.22		0.370	0.302	0.851	0.679	0.501
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	0.384	0.370	0.245	0.819	0.811		0.122	0.250	1.15		0.360	0.274	0.859	0.645	0.482
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	0.279	0.283	0.239	0.295	0.432		0.0417	0.235	1.49		0.347	0.305	0.806	0.783	0.509
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	0.536	0.539	0.239	0.586	0.432		0.297	0.436	1.60		0.210	0.291	0.791	0.449	0.407
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	0.323	0.327	0.239	0.312	0.432		0.0850	0.270	1.55		0.302	0.328	0.800	0.648	0.481
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	0.340	0.338	0.244	0.800	0.359		0.0938	0.247	1.25		0.399	0.264	0.853	0.796	0.515
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	0.421	0.411	0.244	0.886	0.359		0.166	0.287	1.30		0.303	0.276	0.843	0.748	0.489
Mean-Princeton	[-]	0.390	0.382	0.245	0.772	0.354		0.137	0.284	1.25		0.358	0.249	0.849	0.711	0.483

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.49
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	4.31	4.46	1.56	5.07	1.08		2.87	3.17	1.84		0.120	0.325	0.695	0.752	0.443
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	3.88	4.02	1.56	4.06	1.08		2.47	2.71	1.86		0.136	0.350	0.683	0.723	0.448
CLM-Princeton	[-]	4.97	5.12	1.55	5.26	1.08		3.58	3.79	1.81		0.0682	0.343	0.706	0.655	0.423
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	1.80	2.10	1.50	1.41	0.768		0.642	1.19	1.87		0.433	0.373	0.695	0.835	0.542
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	1.84	2.05	1.50	1.45	0.768		0.590	1.16	2.10		0.435	0.371	0.644	0.876	0.540
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	2.06	2.29	1.49	1.66	0.771		0.836	1.31	2.26		0.402	0.358	0.592	0.858	0.513
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	2.52	2.79	1.53	2.92	1.42		1.25	1.71	1.69		0.244	0.350	0.690	0.926	0.512
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	2.67	2.97	1.53	2.47	1.42		1.42	1.84	1.87		0.228	0.385	0.645	0.888	0.506
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	2.95	3.21	1.53	2.97	1.42		1.67	1.98	2.15		0.216	0.385	0.560	0.914	0.492
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	3.09	2.98	1.50	2.06	1.27		1.48	1.79	1.72		0.256	0.378	0.715	0.904	0.526
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	2.99	2.86	1.50	1.95	1.27		1.36	1.67	1.61		0.271	0.390	0.751	0.901	0.540
Mean-Princeton	[-]	3.50	3.38	1.49	2.34	1.28		1.89	2.14	1.70		0.203	0.381	0.751	0.863	0.516

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.41
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	3.06	3.07	1.42	2.84	1.22		1.64	2.12	1.29		0.266	0.370	0.817	0.487	0.462
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	2.59	2.59	1.42	2.36	1.22		1.16	1.69	1.23		0.366	0.392	0.832	0.532	0.503
CLM-Princeton	[-]	3.52	3.52	1.41	2.83	1.21		2.09	2.54	1.25		0.212	0.357	0.824	0.401	0.430
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	1.85	1.86	1.41	1.74	0.861		0.454	1.09	1.45		0.574	0.385	0.805	0.902	0.610
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	1.84	1.84	1.41	1.68	0.861		0.429	1.06	1.44		0.590	0.393	0.808	0.914	0.620
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	2.23	2.24	1.41	1.99	0.859		0.831	1.40	1.61		0.460	0.350	0.777	0.817	0.551
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	1.60	1.59	1.41	1.63	1.43		0.181	0.879	1.17		0.614	0.467	0.843	0.952	0.668
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	1.85	1.84	1.41	1.63	1.43		0.431	0.994	1.19		0.551	0.475	0.838	0.931	0.654
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	1.81	1.79	1.41	1.78	1.43		0.382	0.999	1.20		0.565	0.462	0.836	0.903	0.645
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	2.20	2.21	1.41	2.11	1.10		0.798	1.21	1.16		0.455	0.452	0.852	0.871	0.616
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	2.10	2.11	1.41	1.96	1.10		0.693	1.11	1.14		0.501	0.462	0.859	0.913	0.639
Mean-Princeton	[-]	2.54	2.55	1.41	2.29	1.10		1.14	1.50	1.18		0.360	0.430	0.850	0.819	0.578

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	4.35
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	5.21	5.22	4.41	4.85	3.75		0.815	1.18	3.12		0.343	0.318	0.504	0.887	0.474
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	4.51	4.53	4.41	4.53	3.75		0.116	1.10	3.24		0.347	0.319	0.471	0.826	0.456
CLM-Princeton	[-]	5.43	5.44	4.40	5.04	3.74		1.04	1.36	3.27		0.299	0.311	0.463	0.943	0.465
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	5.19	5.14	4.37	5.07	2.84		0.783	1.16	2.71		0.343	0.358	0.578	0.884	0.504
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	4.81	4.77	4.37	4.74	2.84		0.418	1.03	2.86		0.481	0.345	0.544	0.887	0.521
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	5.05	5.01	4.36	5.11	2.83		0.662	1.12	2.79		0.423	0.339	0.575	0.899	0.515
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	5.32	5.41	4.47	4.16	4.00		0.924	1.31	2.77		0.248	0.297	0.548	0.846	0.447
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	5.32	5.40	4.47	4.63	4.00		0.910	1.37	3.03		0.247	0.284	0.495	0.839	0.430
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	5.43	5.50	4.47	4.76	4.00		1.01	1.33	2.84		0.234	0.317	0.538	0.793	0.440
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	5.22	5.22	4.37	4.90	3.40		0.854	1.18	2.83		0.339	0.348	0.548	0.826	0.482
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	4.85	4.84	4.37	5.00	3.40		0.478	1.03	2.91		0.513	0.340	0.531	0.798	0.504
Mean-Princeton	[-]	5.31	5.29	4.36	5.37	3.40		0.937	1.23	2.77		0.315	0.345	0.571	0.853	0.486

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.39
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	3.06	3.05	2.38	2.90	2.69		0.651	1.31	3.06		0.324	0.296	0.494	0.944	0.471
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	2.34	2.32	2.38	2.68	2.69		-0.0700	1.20	2.82		0.263	0.294	0.525	0.954	0.466
CLM-Princeton	[-]	3.19	3.18	2.38	3.04	2.68		0.793	1.42	2.88		0.278	0.292	0.513	0.920	0.459
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	3.14	3.11	2.40	3.43	2.15		0.719	1.20	2.57		0.387	0.313	0.555	0.970	0.508
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	2.83	2.82	2.40	3.11	2.15		0.422	1.15	2.76		0.364	0.276	0.523	0.954	0.478
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	3.25	3.23	2.39	3.51	2.14		0.843	1.30	2.76		0.362	0.301	0.534	0.969	0.494
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	2.87	2.86	2.41	2.62	2.31		0.449	1.43	2.38		0.296	0.204	0.554	0.941	0.440
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	3.16	3.15	2.41	2.57	2.31		0.747	1.57	2.67		0.271	0.178	0.518	0.911	0.411
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	3.08	3.08	2.41	2.59	2.31		0.672	1.46	2.43		0.301	0.196	0.556	0.958	0.441
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	3.08	3.05	2.40	3.24	2.17		0.653	1.15	2.35		0.357	0.306	0.568	0.967	0.501
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	2.81	2.79	2.40	2.99	2.17		0.391	1.09	2.44		0.343	0.280	0.556	0.940	0.480
Mean-Princeton	[-]	3.24	3.21	2.39	3.32	2.16		0.821	1.23	2.36		0.345	0.302	0.575	0.973	0.499

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.503
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	2.12	0.987	0.510	0.247	0.227		0.479	1.56	1.82		0.353	0.161	0.826	0.438	0.388
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	1.76	0.772	0.510	0.172	0.227		0.261	1.26	1.80		0.422	0.243	0.828	0.455	0.438
CLM-Princeton	[-]	3.47	1.53	0.507	0.322	0.226		1.03	2.46	1.59		0.176	0.0809	0.860	0.269	0.294
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	0.545	0.551	0.506	0.126	0.187		0.0467	0.436	1.40		0.742	0.413	0.900	0.944	0.682
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	0.533	0.539	0.506	0.120	0.187		0.0336	0.425	1.41		0.753	0.416	0.897	0.953	0.687
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	0.622	0.629	0.504	0.134	0.187		0.126	0.546	1.50		0.669	0.354	0.883	0.878	0.628
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	0.772	0.709	0.529	0.118	0.265		0.183	0.669	1.45		0.622	0.354	0.900	0.793	0.605
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	0.918	0.708	0.529	0.161	0.265		0.182	0.708	1.47		0.622	0.336	0.896	0.751	0.588
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	0.774	0.668	0.529	0.109	0.265		0.144	0.719	1.47		0.616	0.319	0.897	0.772	0.585
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	0.716	0.733	0.505	0.172	0.114		0.227	0.776	1.45		0.581	0.294	0.898	0.784	0.570
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	0.641	0.657	0.505	0.153	0.114		0.152	0.695	1.45		0.612	0.331	0.899	0.815	0.598
Mean-Princeton	[-]	0.914	0.934	0.504	0.204	0.114		0.430	1.13	1.46		0.422	0.198	0.897	0.631	0.469

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]		Bias [1]	RMSE [1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.773
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	1.41	1.40	0.775	2.87	1.04		0.628	1.14	1.13		0.306	0.209	0.846	0.593	0.433
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	1.31	1.30	0.775	2.73	1.04		0.520	1.03	1.13		0.386	0.237	0.847	0.686	0.479
CLM-Princeton	[-]	1.71	1.69	0.769	3.09	1.03		0.918	1.42	1.10		0.255	0.184	0.851	0.493	0.394
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	1.15	1.14	0.777	1.91	1.03		0.355	0.667	0.908		0.450	0.346	0.870	0.864	0.575
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	1.23	1.21	0.777	1.93	1.03		0.427	0.739	0.970		0.423	0.321	0.860	0.856	0.556
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	1.40	1.37	0.772	2.23	1.03		0.594	0.906	0.996		0.340	0.277	0.847	0.750	0.498
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	0.820	0.809	0.750	1.18	1.13		0.0623	0.504	1.00		0.526	0.424	0.860	0.941	0.635
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	1.23	1.22	0.750	1.34	1.13		0.475	0.765	1.14		0.396	0.399	0.834	0.924	0.590
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	0.956	0.943	0.750	1.18	1.13		0.197	0.581	1.10		0.499	0.412	0.843	0.921	0.617
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	1.16	1.15	0.776	2.18	0.964		0.370	0.666	0.838		0.425	0.367	0.893	0.874	0.585
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	1.28	1.26	0.776	2.14	0.964		0.486	0.740	0.907		0.393	0.363	0.882	0.925	0.585
Mean-Princeton	[-]	1.39	1.37	0.772	2.42	0.959		0.597	0.861	0.824		0.337	0.325	0.891	0.799	0.535

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	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	0.519		0.130	0.130
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	0.530		0.212	0.212
CLM-Princeton	[-]	0.475		0.0529	0.0529
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	0.682		0.795	0.795
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	0.718		0.849	0.849
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	0.608		0.710	0.710
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	0.552		0.424	0.424
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	0.574		0.368	0.368
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	0.545		0.392	0.392
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	0.513		0.407	0.407
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	0.517		0.465	0.465
Mean-Princeton	[-]	0.490		0.275	0.275

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	0.598		0.626	0.626
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	0.654		0.792	0.792
CLM-Princeton	[-]	0.574		0.559	0.559
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	0.686		0.734	0.734
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	0.722		0.813	0.813
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	0.607		0.694	0.694
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	0.686		0.723	0.723
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	0.605		0.729	0.729
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	0.632		0.668	0.668
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	0.607		0.706	0.706
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	0.628		0.787	0.787
Mean-Princeton	[-]	0.555		0.643	0.643

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	0.738		0.815	0.815
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	0.792		0.810	0.810
CLM-Princeton	[-]	0.753		0.772	0.772
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	0.792		0.621	0.621
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	0.788		0.679	0.679
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	0.728		0.470	0.470
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	0.723		0.515	0.515
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	0.600		0.343	0.343
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	0.712		0.411	0.411
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	0.755		0.704	0.704
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	0.671		0.615	0.615
Mean-Princeton	[-]	0.715		0.433	0.433

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	0.676		0.415	0.415
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	0.683		0.459	0.459
CLM-Princeton	[-]	0.617		0.314	0.314
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	0.662		0.583	0.583
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	0.620		0.452	0.452
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	0.600		0.415	0.415
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	0.756		0.703	0.703
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	0.460		0.258	0.258
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	0.661		0.542	0.542
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	0.654		0.525	0.525
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	0.542		0.425	0.425
Mean-Princeton	[-]	0.555		0.428	0.428

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	1.00		0.0595	0.0595
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	0.886		0.134	0.134
CLM-Princeton	[-]	0.907		0.0509	0.0509
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	0.789		0.460	0.460
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	0.792		0.585	0.585
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	0.862		0.474	0.474
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	0.764		0.272	0.272
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	0.743		0.301	0.301
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	0.847		0.244	0.244
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	0.866		0.221	0.221
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	0.874		0.272	0.272
Mean-Princeton	[-]	0.902		0.158	0.158

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	0.578		0.213	0.213
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	0.574		0.370	0.370
CLM-Princeton	[-]	0.591		0.172	0.172
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	0.576		0.642	0.642
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	0.628		0.656	0.656
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	0.530		0.481	0.481
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	0.653		0.698	0.698
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	0.648		0.644	0.644
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	0.669		0.583	0.583
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	0.573		0.463	0.463
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	0.565		0.563	0.563
Mean-Princeton	[-]	0.545		0.371	0.371

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	0.723		0.817	0.817
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	0.687		0.938	0.938
CLM-Princeton	[-]	0.759		0.789	0.789
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	0.737		0.823	0.823
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	0.807		0.883	0.883
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	0.769		0.843	0.843
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	0.733		0.782	0.782
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	0.646		0.790	0.790
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	0.726		0.758	0.758
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	0.739		0.815	0.815
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	0.790		0.871	0.871
Mean-Princeton	[-]	0.794		0.803	0.803

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	0.638		0.715	0.715
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	0.620		0.899	0.899
CLM-Princeton	[-]	0.621		0.666	0.666
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	0.619		0.728	0.728
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	0.669		0.809	0.809
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	0.632		0.698	0.698
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	0.601		0.748	0.748
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	0.582		0.720	0.720
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	0.600		0.705	0.705
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	0.630		0.737	0.737
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	0.640		0.815	0.815
Mean-Princeton	[-]	0.625		0.681	0.681

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	0.558		0.431	0.431
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	0.639		0.605	0.605
CLM-Princeton	[-]	0.513		0.216	0.216
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	0.756		0.685	0.685
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	0.811		0.823	0.823
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	0.657		0.663	0.663
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	0.687		0.654	0.654
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	0.730		0.436	0.436
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	0.668		0.688	0.688
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	0.635		0.605	0.605
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	0.708		0.709	0.709
Mean-Princeton	[-]	0.520		0.479	0.479

	Download Data	Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]		Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	0.445		0.289	0.289
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	0.512		0.465	0.465
CLM-Princeton	[-]	0.390		0.211	0.211
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	0.485		0.426	0.426
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	0.479		0.442	0.442
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	0.439		0.283	0.283
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	0.680		0.702	0.702
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	0.472		0.529	0.529
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	0.610		0.602	0.602
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	0.473		0.417	0.417
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	0.394		0.483	0.483
Mean-Princeton	[-]	0.417		0.303	0.303

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 Relationship with Precipitation Relationship with func_Precipitation

  Title:

NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of AVHRR Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR), AVH15C1

  Version:

5

  Institutions:

Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), NASA, USA

University of Maryland (UMD), USA

Climate Data Record (CDR), NOAA, USA

National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

  Source:

This daily gridded Leaf Area Index (LAI) derived from the NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Surface Reflectance.

  History:

2019-08-23: downloaded source from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C01559/html

2019-09-12: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-lai-avh15c1.py

  References:

Vermote, Eric (2019), NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of AVHRR Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) Version 5, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, , , doi:10.7289/V5TT4P69

Claverie, M., Matthews, J., Vermote, E., and Justice, C. (2016), A 30+ Year AVHRR LAI and FAPAR Climate Data Record: Algorithm Description and Validation, Remote Sensing, 8, 263, doi:10.3390/rs8030263

  Comments:

time_period: 1981-01 through 2019-12

original_temporal_resolution: daily

original_spatial_resolution: 0.05 degree

original_units: 1

final_temporal_resolution: monthly

final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

final_units: 1

  Convention:

CF-1.7