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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 [-] 1.38
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 1.90 1.91 1.38 1.90 0.531 0.803 0.688 0.579 0.674 0.927 0.934 0.757
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 2.02 2.02 1.38 2.02 0.643 0.886 0.806 0.535 0.673 0.915 0.937 0.747
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 2.00 1.99 1.38 2.01 0.616 0.857 0.697 0.551 0.677 0.920 0.940 0.753
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 1.84 1.84 1.38 1.85 0.468 0.740 0.709 0.603 0.693 0.923 0.929 0.768
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 1.57 1.57 1.38 1.55 0.198 0.589 0.655 0.694 0.696 0.927 0.891 0.781
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 1.65 1.65 1.38 1.66 0.277 0.621 0.722 0.681 0.695 0.916 0.917 0.781
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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 [-] 2.99
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 3.67 3.12 2.99 4.01 0.135 2.07 1.33 0.630 0.637 0.803 0.668 0.675
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 3.68 3.30 2.99 3.92 0.312 2.35 1.67 0.602 0.589 0.743 0.740 0.652
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 3.67 3.38 2.99 3.85 0.397 2.26 1.45 0.627 0.591 0.769 0.741 0.664
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 4.02 3.67 2.99 4.22 0.685 2.24 1.40 0.643 0.612 0.775 0.862 0.701
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 4.09 3.63 2.99 4.35 0.648 1.96 1.28 0.671 0.657 0.802 0.876 0.733
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 4.19 3.94 2.99 4.31 0.957 2.22 1.13 0.652 0.629 0.820 0.928 0.732
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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 [-] 2.05
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 2.67 2.61 2.05 2.82 0.565 0.908 1.51 0.746 0.711 0.771 0.894 0.767
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 2.85 2.82 2.05 2.92 0.769 1.06 1.56 0.686 0.697 0.758 0.909 0.749
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 2.72 2.68 2.05 2.83 0.631 0.947 1.65 0.718 0.703 0.741 0.940 0.761
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 2.63 2.60 2.05 2.70 0.557 0.942 1.60 0.733 0.699 0.749 0.904 0.757
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 2.44 2.37 2.05 2.60 0.328 0.810 1.47 0.782 0.712 0.774 0.887 0.773
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 2.52 2.45 2.05 2.68 0.401 0.844 1.62 0.770 0.706 0.735 0.915 0.766
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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
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 2.62 2.58 2.26 1.70 0.318 1.15 1.20 0.717 0.658 0.845 0.959 0.768
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 2.79 2.75 2.26 1.80 0.492 1.27 1.27 0.686 0.648 0.834 0.957 0.755
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 2.75 2.71 2.26 1.77 0.445 1.22 1.28 0.700 0.652 0.836 0.959 0.760
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 2.73 2.68 2.26 1.77 0.414 1.29 1.23 0.685 0.637 0.824 0.952 0.747
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 2.59 2.53 2.26 1.64 0.270 1.11 1.14 0.724 0.668 0.843 0.960 0.772
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 2.78 2.72 2.26 1.73 0.457 1.28 1.16 0.691 0.639 0.841 0.941 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 [-] 2.07
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 2.77 2.62 2.07 3.63 0.548 0.847 1.50 0.749 0.719 0.773 0.906 0.773
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 2.97 2.82 2.07 3.79 0.751 0.991 1.51 0.685 0.711 0.772 0.916 0.759
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 2.82 2.67 2.07 3.68 0.599 0.861 1.69 0.721 0.716 0.739 0.951 0.769
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 2.74 2.58 2.07 3.63 0.512 0.844 1.63 0.744 0.710 0.748 0.916 0.766
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 2.50 2.35 2.07 3.36 0.274 0.737 1.47 0.796 0.716 0.773 0.896 0.779
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 2.60 2.41 2.07 3.65 0.342 0.748 1.70 0.787 0.715 0.727 0.924 0.773

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Spatially integrated regional mean

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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