Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Watt m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Watt m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Watt m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	307.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	310.	310.	306.		321.		4.17	13.7	0.0818		0.864	0.832	0.994	0.999	0.904
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	316.	316.	306.		321.		10.3	15.5	0.0645		0.826	0.833	0.996	0.995	0.897
CLM-Princeton	[-]	315.	316.	306.		321.		9.39	15.1	0.0689		0.830	0.840	0.995	0.985	0.898
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	304.	305.	306.		328.		-1.68	14.3	0.0797		0.862	0.823	0.994	0.992	0.899
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	309.	310.	306.		328.		3.33	12.8	0.0765		0.880	0.832	0.995	0.999	0.907
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	310.	310.	306.		328.		3.68	13.0	0.0756		0.868	0.837	0.995	0.996	0.907
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	306.	307.	306.		337.		0.716	13.1	0.0822		0.873	0.831	0.994	0.998	0.905
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	312.	313.	306.		337.		6.29	13.1	0.0665		0.871	0.836	0.995	0.987	0.905
Mean-Princeton	[-]	311.	312.	306.		337.		6.04	13.2	0.0698		0.861	0.840	0.995	0.970	0.901

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Watt m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Watt m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Watt m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	397.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	403.	394.	396.		415.		-2.00	16.8	0.597		0.738	0.670	0.932	0.998	0.801
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	409.	400.	396.		415.		3.73	16.2	0.523		0.710	0.684	0.941	0.998	0.804
CLM-Princeton	[-]	408.	400.	396.		415.		3.42	16.6	0.575		0.707	0.681	0.932	0.997	0.799
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	387.	386.	397.		428.		-10.0	18.3	0.492		0.698	0.680	0.945	0.997	0.800
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	391.	391.	397.		428.		-5.48	16.4	0.481		0.728	0.684	0.946	0.994	0.807
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	392.	392.	397.		428.		-4.44	16.5	0.508		0.720	0.684	0.941	0.994	0.804
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	390.	390.	397.		438.		-6.14	16.3	0.531		0.741	0.676	0.941	0.998	0.806
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	396.	396.	397.		438.		-1.06	15.0	0.491		0.746	0.687	0.945	0.996	0.812
Mean-Princeton	[-]	396.	396.	397.		438.		-0.651	15.4	0.532		0.734	0.683	0.938	0.996	0.807

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Watt m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Watt m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Watt m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	469.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	454.	453.	470.		447.		-16.4	25.9	0.616		0.652	0.663	0.942	0.990	0.782
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	461.	461.	470.		447.		-9.17	21.2	0.529		0.717	0.683	0.951	0.992	0.805
CLM-Princeton	[-]	460.	460.	470.		447.		-9.82	21.8	0.560		0.705	0.681	0.947	0.989	0.801
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	443.	443.	469.		455.		-27.0	32.1	0.587		0.535	0.671	0.947	0.987	0.762
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	448.	448.	469.		455.		-22.0	28.1	0.545		0.603	0.676	0.950	0.990	0.779
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	449.	448.	469.		455.		-21.1	27.6	0.560		0.610	0.679	0.948	0.992	0.782
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	448.	448.	469.		471.		-21.6	28.3	0.605		0.599	0.668	0.944	0.985	0.773
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	454.	454.	469.		471.		-15.6	23.6	0.530		0.679	0.681	0.952	0.988	0.796
Mean-Princeton	[-]	454.	454.	469.		471.		-15.4	23.8	0.555		0.669	0.682	0.947	0.987	0.794

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Watt m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Watt m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Watt m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	382.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	374.	374.	382.		403.		-7.16	21.3	0.126		0.830	0.773	0.988	0.992	0.871
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	381.	381.	382.		403.		-0.857	18.6	0.0926		0.858	0.786	0.992	0.966	0.878
CLM-Princeton	[-]	380.	380.	382.		403.		-2.01	19.1	0.0979		0.846	0.789	0.991	0.989	0.881
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	363.	363.	382.		401.		-18.5	25.9	0.104		0.741	0.782	0.990	0.999	0.859
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	370.	370.	382.		401.		-11.9	21.3	0.0881		0.801	0.791	0.992	0.987	0.872
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	370.	370.	382.		401.		-11.8	22.1	0.0913		0.795	0.790	0.991	0.997	0.873
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	368.	368.	382.		413.		-13.1	22.0	0.110		0.803	0.782	0.989	0.996	0.871
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	374.	375.	382.		413.		-6.63	18.1	0.0755		0.859	0.794	0.994	0.974	0.883
Mean-Princeton	[-]	374.	374.	382.		413.		-7.13	18.8	0.0818		0.848	0.794	0.993	0.991	0.884

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Watt m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Watt m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Watt m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	368.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	362.	368.	368.		367.		-0.227	17.3	0.971		0.564	0.607	0.875	0.993	0.729
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	364.	371.	368.		367.		3.25	16.0	0.863		0.587	0.618	0.890	0.998	0.742
CLM-Princeton	[-]	365.	372.	368.		367.		4.55	17.2	0.848		0.567	0.615	0.893	0.998	0.737
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	356.	364.	368.		361.		-4.43	15.1	1.08		0.578	0.613	0.848	0.985	0.727
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	357.	364.	368.		361.		-3.99	16.4	0.745		0.559	0.609	0.905	0.999	0.736
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	359.	366.	368.		361.		-1.88	16.6	0.812		0.556	0.615	0.896	0.996	0.736
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	364.	364.	368.		362.		-4.78	14.1	1.13		0.613	0.616	0.843	0.964	0.730
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	367.	366.	368.		362.		-1.94	12.7	0.640		0.637	0.622	0.929	0.992	0.760
Mean-Princeton	[-]	369.	368.	368.		362.		-0.433	13.3	0.849		0.622	0.622	0.893	0.984	0.749

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Watt m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Watt m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Watt m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	360.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	362.	363.	360.		362.		3.26	12.4	0.314		0.828	0.804	0.974	0.993	0.881
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	366.	366.	360.		362.		6.50	12.8	0.258		0.813	0.812	0.980	0.994	0.882
CLM-Princeton	[-]	366.	366.	360.		362.		6.51	13.0	0.267		0.806	0.815	0.979	0.994	0.882
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	356.	357.	360.		363.		-2.76	11.9	0.200		0.832	0.807	0.983	0.991	0.884
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	358.	359.	360.		363.		-0.264	11.4	0.188		0.848	0.807	0.984	0.993	0.888
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	359.	360.	360.		363.		0.429	11.4	0.180		0.842	0.811	0.984	0.994	0.889
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	358.	359.	360.		368.		-0.286	10.9	0.238		0.857	0.810	0.980	0.989	0.889
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	361.	362.	360.		368.		2.62	10.8	0.207		0.860	0.814	0.984	0.991	0.893
Mean-Princeton	[-]	361.	363.	360.		368.		2.94	11.0	0.201		0.847	0.818	0.983	0.991	0.891

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Watt m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Watt m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Watt m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	450.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	452.	451.	449.		467.		2.60	11.2	2.10		0.464	0.400	0.656	0.964	0.577
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	456.	456.	449.		467.		6.83	12.1	1.96		0.413	0.404	0.684	0.999	0.581
CLM-Princeton	[-]	457.	457.	449.		467.		8.14	13.0	2.05		0.382	0.399	0.668	0.996	0.569
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	448.	449.	450.		468.		-1.06	10.6	1.96		0.483	0.411	0.683	0.999	0.597
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	450.	450.	450.		468.		0.392	11.4	2.08		0.461	0.399	0.662	0.992	0.583
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	452.	452.	450.		468.		2.30	12.0	2.16		0.438	0.401	0.647	0.987	0.575
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	450.	450.	450.		469.		0.367	9.94	1.96		0.510	0.410	0.681	0.999	0.602
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	453.	453.	450.		469.		3.19	10.8	1.92		0.461	0.407	0.690	0.991	0.591
Mean-Princeton	[-]	454.	455.	450.		469.		4.73	11.5	2.01		0.432	0.403	0.675	0.995	0.581

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Watt m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Watt m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Watt m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	449.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	452.	452.	449.		459.		3.22	14.3	1.16		0.624	0.463	0.858	0.974	0.677
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	459.	458.	449.		459.		9.49	15.9	1.02		0.497	0.483	0.874	0.985	0.664
CLM-Princeton	[-]	458.	458.	449.		459.		8.91	16.0	1.20		0.510	0.468	0.847	0.990	0.657
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	445.	445.	449.		460.		-4.40	13.0	0.849		0.625	0.507	0.905	0.987	0.706
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	449.	449.	449.		460.		-0.608	12.8	0.849		0.634	0.497	0.902	0.992	0.704
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	450.	450.	449.		460.		0.805	13.3	0.948		0.605	0.491	0.885	0.991	0.692
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	448.	448.	449.		461.		-0.748	12.3	0.934		0.671	0.494	0.895	0.990	0.709
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	453.	453.	449.		461.		4.19	12.8	0.904		0.606	0.499	0.894	0.996	0.699
Mean-Princeton	[-]	454.	454.	449.		461.		4.64	13.4	1.04		0.590	0.487	0.873	0.997	0.687

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Watt m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Watt m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Watt m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	265.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	255.	266.	265.		262.		0.822	14.2	0.0209		0.909	0.813	0.999	0.998	0.906
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	263.	272.	265.		262.		7.16	14.9	0.0211		0.863	0.827	0.999	1.00	0.903
CLM-Princeton	[-]	265.	273.	265.		262.		8.26	15.7	0.0128		0.852	0.823	0.999	0.998	0.899
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	259.	259.	265.		267.		-5.67	15.6	0.0208		0.879	0.808	0.999	0.998	0.898
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	266.	267.	265.		267.		1.94	13.1	0.0239		0.895	0.833	0.998	0.993	0.911
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	268.	269.	265.		267.		3.86	13.4	0.0185		0.887	0.833	0.999	0.981	0.907
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	262.	262.	265.		262.		-2.66	14.1	0.0228		0.908	0.814	0.998	1.00	0.907
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	269.	269.	265.		262.		4.28	13.1	0.0217		0.892	0.835	0.999	0.997	0.912
Mean-Princeton	[-]	270.	271.	265.		262.		5.83	14.1	0.0184		0.877	0.831	0.999	0.990	0.905

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [Watt m-2]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [Watt m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [Watt m-2]	Model Period Mean (complement) [Watt m-2]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [Watt m-2]		Bias [Watt m-2]	RMSE [Watt m-2]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	372.
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	372.	372.	372.		399.		0.261	14.4	0.370		0.852	0.790	0.973	1.00	0.881
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	377.	376.	372.		399.		4.87	14.0	0.316		0.849	0.799	0.977	0.995	0.884
CLM-Princeton	[-]	376.	376.	372.		399.		4.39	14.3	0.305		0.843	0.799	0.978	0.998	0.883
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	362.	362.	372.		399.		-9.84	16.4	0.178		0.795	0.800	0.986	1.00	0.876
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	367.	367.	372.		399.		-4.72	14.1	0.200		0.844	0.799	0.985	0.995	0.885
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	368.	368.	372.		399.		-4.02	14.3	0.166		0.838	0.801	0.987	0.998	0.885
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	367.	367.	372.		390.		-4.72	13.5	0.269		0.856	0.801	0.980	0.999	0.887
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	372.	372.	372.		390.		0.119	12.2	0.251		0.889	0.805	0.982	0.993	0.895
Mean-Princeton	[-]	372.	372.	372.		390.		0.266	12.7	0.205		0.872	0.805	0.985	0.997	0.893