Mean State

	Download Data	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
defaults	[-]	1.30	1.59	1.56	0.690	2.23	0.0780	0.669	1.34	0.572	0.528	0.796	0.972	0.679
updates	[-]	1.31	1.60	1.56	0.693	2.23	0.0870	0.679	1.37	0.568	0.522	0.794	0.972	0.676

Temporally integrated period mean

BENCHMARK MEAN Data not available

MODEL MEAN Data not available

BIAS

BIAS SCORE Data not available

RMSE

RMSE SCORE Data not available

BENCHMARK MAX MONTH Data not available

MODEL MAX MONTH Data not available

DIFFERENCE IN MAX MONTH Data not available

SEASONAL CYCLE SCORE Data not available

SPATIAL TAYLOR DIAGRAM Data not available

MODEL COLORS Data not available

MODEL COLORS Data not available

REGIONAL MEAN Data not available

ANNUAL CYCLE Data not available

MONTHLY ANOMALY Data not available

ANNUAL CYCLE Data not available

Source_file:: This product is generated from monthly MODIS ET in 0.5x0.5 observations

Conventions:: Please contact Prof. James Randerson (Email: jranders@uci.edu) or Dr. Mingquan Mu (mmu@uci.edu) for any question

Approach:: I used gdal tool to convert the original tif file to netcdf file. Meanwhile I also converted the original unit to the standard one (Kg/m2/mon --> Kg/m2/s) and saved the final file in netcdf format. Derived Data Code: http://redwood.ess.uci.edu/mingquan/www/ILAMB/Download/CODES/CODES/subroutines/convert/convert-et-modis.ncl

General information:: This product was derived from MODIS MOD16A2 monthly 0.5 degree CMG dataset.