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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
v1 [-] 1.28 1.58 1.56 0.679 2.23 0.0603 0.708 1.42 0.537 0.513 0.778 0.967 0.661
v2 [-] 1.29 1.58 1.56 0.679 2.23 0.0613 0.708 1.42 0.538 0.513 0.776 0.967 0.661
v3-default [-] 1.29 1.58 1.56 0.679 2.23 0.0619 0.707 1.41 0.538 0.514 0.778 0.968 0.662
v4 [-] 1.29 1.58 1.56 0.679 2.23 0.0635 0.706 1.42 0.540 0.514 0.777 0.968 0.662
v5 [-] 1.29 1.58 1.56 0.680 2.23 0.0667 0.703 1.41 0.543 0.515 0.781 0.969 0.665
v6 [-] 1.29 1.59 1.56 0.681 2.23 0.0715 0.699 1.40 0.549 0.516 0.783 0.970 0.667
v7 [-] 1.30 1.60 1.56 0.683 2.23 0.0815 0.695 1.38 0.559 0.515 0.789 0.972 0.670
v8 [-] 1.31 1.61 1.56 0.685 2.23 0.0893 0.689 1.39 0.571 0.516 0.785 0.974 0.672

Temporally integrated period mean

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Spatially integrated regional mean

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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