Mean State

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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 [-] 0.947
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 0.861 0.987 0.947 0.741 0.0401 0.374 0.438 0.797 0.668 0.959 0.814 0.781
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 0.983 1.07 0.947 0.896 0.127 0.394 0.306 0.778 0.659 0.968 0.833 0.780
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 0.927 1.04 0.947 0.816 0.0970 0.387 0.373 0.776 0.668 0.964 0.800 0.775
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 0.784 0.917 0.947 0.657 -0.0303 0.367 0.514 0.802 0.676 0.951 0.846 0.790
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 0.649 0.794 0.947 0.510 -0.153 0.379 0.461 0.776 0.681 0.954 0.864 0.791
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 0.691 0.818 0.947 0.569 -0.129 0.368 0.489 0.792 0.683 0.952 0.865 0.795
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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 [-] 2.08
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 4.04 2.92 2.08 4.55 0.832 1.40 2.00 0.317 0.375 0.631 0.758 0.491
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 4.09 3.01 2.08 4.58 0.926 1.43 2.09 0.309 0.384 0.632 0.692 0.480
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 4.14 3.01 2.08 4.64 0.926 1.34 1.95 0.334 0.423 0.660 0.730 0.514
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 3.96 2.93 2.08 4.42 0.842 1.29 2.02 0.378 0.403 0.657 0.661 0.500
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 3.86 2.90 2.08 4.29 0.815 1.27 2.04 0.388 0.395 0.636 0.679 0.499
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 3.96 2.92 2.08 4.43 0.836 1.25 1.90 0.396 0.422 0.672 0.688 0.520
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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 [-] 1.28
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 2.83 1.99 1.28 4.38 0.711 0.977 1.05 0.547 0.540 0.905 0.954 0.697
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 2.92 2.11 1.28 4.41 0.832 1.08 1.18 0.502 0.542 0.893 0.943 0.684
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 2.90 2.04 1.28 4.47 0.763 0.977 1.08 0.512 0.561 0.902 0.958 0.699
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 2.77 1.92 1.28 4.32 0.645 0.932 1.17 0.591 0.549 0.897 0.944 0.706
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 2.62 1.77 1.28 4.19 0.494 0.864 1.11 0.643 0.541 0.901 0.953 0.716
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 2.67 1.79 1.28 4.29 0.514 0.840 1.05 0.642 0.553 0.907 0.956 0.722
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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 [-] 1.56
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 1.96 2.01 1.56 1.34 0.450 0.794 1.41 0.563 0.511 0.747 0.968 0.660
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 2.03 2.09 1.56 1.40 0.534 0.852 1.52 0.557 0.510 0.730 0.967 0.655
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 1.99 2.04 1.56 1.37 0.485 0.797 1.40 0.569 0.523 0.747 0.970 0.666
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 1.88 1.92 1.56 1.31 0.358 0.804 1.56 0.566 0.496 0.727 0.965 0.650
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 1.83 1.85 1.56 1.25 0.288 0.786 1.54 0.570 0.513 0.728 0.964 0.658
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 1.85 1.86 1.56 1.29 0.300 0.781 1.51 0.572 0.515 0.733 0.964 0.660
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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 [-] 1.29
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 2.44 1.90 1.29 4.45 0.615 0.897 0.972 0.581 0.553 0.924 0.924 0.707
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 2.54 2.03 1.29 4.45 0.737 0.994 1.09 0.536 0.555 0.914 0.912 0.694
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 2.50 1.95 1.29 4.54 0.661 0.889 1.01 0.547 0.569 0.920 0.928 0.707
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 2.38 1.83 1.29 4.43 0.539 0.844 1.09 0.632 0.562 0.914 0.901 0.714
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 2.22 1.66 1.29 4.33 0.374 0.774 1.05 0.688 0.554 0.918 0.908 0.724
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 2.26 1.68 1.29 4.43 0.392 0.744 0.986 0.690 0.565 0.923 0.909 0.730

Temporally integrated period mean

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SPATIAL TAYLOR DIAGRAM
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Spatially integrated regional mean

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Relationships

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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]
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 0.575 0.666 0.776 0.717 0.746
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 0.588 0.694 0.720 0.707 0.713
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 0.585 0.646 0.749 0.692 0.721
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 0.570 0.656 0.812 0.742 0.777
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 0.588 0.698 0.748 0.830 0.789
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 0.584 0.670 0.781 0.770 0.776
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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]
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 0.790 0.640 0.564 0.506 0.535
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 0.817 0.648 0.531 0.492 0.511
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 0.777 0.656 0.537 0.506 0.522
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 0.805 0.634 0.560 0.512 0.536
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 0.817 0.671 0.556 0.461 0.508
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 0.779 0.655 0.570 0.460 0.515
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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]
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 0.609 0.687 0.223 0.213 0.218
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 0.594 0.635 0.245 0.214 0.229
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 0.593 0.659 0.251 0.218 0.235
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 0.623 0.696 0.231 0.216 0.223
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 0.634 0.651 0.238 0.236 0.237
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 0.620 0.659 0.241 0.237 0.239
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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]
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 0.585 0.733 0.868 0.695 0.782
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 0.615 0.719 0.876 0.669 0.773
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 0.597 0.725 0.879 0.689 0.784
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 0.587 0.725 0.869 0.711 0.790
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 0.570 0.709 0.872 0.707 0.790
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 0.578 0.733 0.878 0.708 0.793
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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]
v3.LR.historical_0101 [-] 0.551 0.647 0.239 0.173 0.206
v3alt.LR.highECS001.historical [-] 0.543 0.589 0.293 0.168 0.231
v3alt.LR.highECS003.historical [-] 0.542 0.617 0.270 0.188 0.229
v3alt.LR.lowECS001.historical [-] 0.563 0.661 0.249 0.172 0.210
v3alt.LR.lowECS002.historical [-] 0.584 0.617 0.246 0.272 0.259
v3alt.LR.lowECS003.historical [-] 0.565 0.638 0.247 0.283 0.265

Precipitation/GPCPv2.3

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SurfaceAirTemperature/CRU4.02

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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