Global - Land
CLM-CRUJRA
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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]
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Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 1.56
CLM-CRUJRA [-] 1.49 1.58 1.56 0.851 2.44 0.0227 0.733 1.47 0.585 0.428 0.739 0.971 0.630
CLM-GSWP3 [-] 1.43 1.52 1.56 0.789 2.44 -0.0327 0.774 1.43 0.563 0.413 0.775 0.965 0.626
CLM-Princeton [-] 1.34 1.41 1.56 0.784 2.44 -0.144 0.804 1.49 0.498 0.433 0.747 0.930 0.608
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA [-] 1.62 1.80 1.56 1.07 2.57 0.247 0.766 1.18 0.585 0.421 0.803 0.965 0.639
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3 [-] 1.53 1.72 1.56 0.980 2.57 0.158 0.818 1.22 0.590 0.380 0.809 0.974 0.627
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton [-] 1.38 1.52 1.56 0.960 2.57 -0.0426 0.794 1.28 0.522 0.422 0.778 0.961 0.621
JSBACH-CRUJRA [-] 2.40 2.84 1.51 0.576 2.32 0.521 0.976 1.23 0.448 0.378 0.813 0.896 0.582
JSBACH-GSWP3 [-] 1.76 1.96 1.51 0.615 2.32 0.441 1.01 1.38 0.483 0.326 0.781 0.910 0.565
JSBACH-Princeton [-] 2.22 2.63 1.51 0.509 2.32 0.414 0.898 1.21 0.517 0.390 0.805 0.920 0.604
Mean-CRUJRA [-] 1.63 1.81 1.56 1.12 1.54 0.253 0.701 1.18 0.600 0.452 0.813 0.975 0.658
Mean-GSWP3 [-] 1.55 1.74 1.56 1.04 1.54 0.179 0.752 1.23 0.611 0.412 0.808 0.979 0.645
Mean-Princeton [-] 1.47 1.62 1.56 1.03 1.53 0.0636 0.689 1.21 0.574 0.463 0.797 0.978 0.655

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Evapotranspiration / MOD16A2 / 2000-2015 / global / Mean-GSWP3

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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]
Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
CLM-CRUJRA [-] 0.676 0.707 0.920 0.861 0.891
CLM-GSWP3 [-] 0.717 0.678 0.893 0.817 0.855
CLM-Princeton [-] 0.682 0.603 0.836 0.782 0.809
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA [-] 0.636 0.747 0.838 0.857 0.848
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3 [-] 0.696 0.733 0.897 0.847 0.872
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton [-] 0.648 0.641 0.889 0.817 0.853
JSBACH-CRUJRA [-] 0.517 0.716 0.659 0.837 0.748
JSBACH-GSWP3 [-] 0.598 0.702 0.741 0.816 0.778
JSBACH-Princeton [-] 0.540 0.710 0.717 0.847 0.782
Mean-CRUJRA [-] 0.624 0.758 0.848 0.874 0.861
Mean-GSWP3 [-] 0.679 0.732 0.906 0.847 0.877
Mean-Princeton [-] 0.643 0.680 0.913 0.842 0.877

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Evapotranspiration / MOD16A2 / 2000-2015 / global / MNAME

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Data Information

  Title:
MODIS Global Terrestrial Evaportranspiration

  Version:
MOD16A2

  Institutions:
Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, University of Montana, USA

  Source:
MODIS (MOD16A2 level 4) global terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET) based on the Penman-Monteith (P-M) algorithm with MERRA meteorological forcings

  History:
2019-08-19: downloaded source from http://files.ntsg.umt.edu/data/NTSG_Products/MOD16/
2019-08-21: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-et-modisA2.py

  References:
Mu, Q.Z., M. Zhao, and S.W. Running (2011), Improvements to a MODIS global terrestrial evapotranspiration algorithm, Remote Sensing of Environment, 115, 1781-1800, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2011.02.019

  Comments:
time_period: 2000-01 through 2014-12
original_temporal_resolution: monthly
original_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree
original_units: mm/month
final_temporal_resolution: monthly
final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree
final_units: kg/m2/s

  Convention:
CF-1.7

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