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Bias [%]
RMSE [%]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 1.58
CMIP6 ens [-] 0.445 0.813 1.57 0.0318 2.65 -0.762 3.19 2.08 0.734 0.410 0.640 0.473 0.533
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.457 0.467 1.58 0.00624 0.00520 -1.12 2.98 1.89 0.684 0.440 0.758 0.381 0.541
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.441 0.451 1.58 0.00580 0.00520 -1.13 2.97 1.89 0.684 0.440 0.735 0.377 0.536
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.387 0.395 1.58 0.00426 0.00520 -1.19 2.98 1.70 0.672 0.440 0.797 0.240 0.518
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.453 0.831 1.56 0.0319 2.57 -0.731 3.18 2.14 0.732 0.411 0.619 0.505 0.536
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Period Mean (original grids) [%]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]
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Model Period Mean (complement) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]
Bias [%]
RMSE [%]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.0552
CMIP6 ens [-] 0.0491 0.0804 0.0552 0.0335 0.0252 0.156 1.35 0.764 0.596 0.899 0.645 0.700
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.0785 0.0814 0.0579 0.0443 0.00316 0.0235 0.170 1.62 0.773 0.585 0.871 0.706 0.704
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.0715 0.0738 0.0579 0.0435 0.00316 0.0159 0.166 1.68 0.773 0.589 0.841 0.690 0.696
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.0526 0.0546 0.0579 0.0298 0.00316 -0.00336 0.150 2.00 0.772 0.591 0.819 0.673 0.689
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.0473 0.0749 0.0552 0.0334 0.0197 0.157 1.46 0.762 0.590 0.884 0.576 0.681
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Period Mean (original grids) [%]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]
Model Period Mean (complement) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]
Bias [%]
RMSE [%]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.325
CMIP6 ens [-] 0.216 0.283 0.325 0.0381 0.598 -0.0414 0.740 2.05 0.741 0.464 0.711 0.663 0.609
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.165 0.191 0.327 0.00472 0.00508 -0.136 0.691 2.20 0.705 0.485 0.726 0.477 0.576
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.162 0.187 0.327 0.00483 0.00508 -0.140 0.689 2.20 0.705 0.485 0.717 0.470 0.573
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.148 0.171 0.327 0.00416 0.00508 -0.156 0.682 2.19 0.698 0.485 0.746 0.383 0.560
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.193 0.250 0.322 0.0384 0.726 -0.0723 0.708 2.08 0.738 0.473 0.703 0.615 0.600
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Period Mean (original grids) [%]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]
Model Period Mean (complement) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]
Bias [%]
RMSE [%]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.0501
CMIP6 ens [-] 0.0117 0.0229 0.0502 0.000202 0.00984 -0.0273 0.114 2.22 0.833 0.671 0.789 0.475 0.688
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.0325 0.0356 0.0503 0.00148 0.00259 -0.0147 0.146 2.37 0.812 0.646 0.695 0.586 0.677
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.0348 0.0380 0.0503 0.00183 0.00259 -0.0122 0.152 2.38 0.810 0.645 0.700 0.595 0.679
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.0317 0.0348 0.0503 0.00137 0.00259 -0.0155 0.145 2.38 0.810 0.646 0.701 0.582 0.677
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.00872 0.0170 0.0503 0.000201 0.00586 -0.0333 0.109 2.18 0.829 0.675 0.803 0.348 0.666
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Period Mean (original grids) [%]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]
Model Period Mean (complement) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]
Bias [%]
RMSE [%]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.131
CMIP6 ens [-] 0.170 0.176 0.131 0.0512 0.0448 0.312 1.51 0.704 0.510 0.853 0.731 0.661
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.158 0.159 0.131 0.0128 0.000260 0.0282 0.309 1.62 0.719 0.510 0.893 0.718 0.670
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.161 0.162 0.131 0.00734 0.000260 0.0308 0.312 1.65 0.715 0.506 0.885 0.714 0.665
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.170 0.171 0.131 0.00963 0.000260 0.0405 0.317 1.58 0.715 0.493 0.889 0.754 0.669
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.133 0.137 0.131 0.0397 0.00619 0.273 1.62 0.732 0.519 0.827 0.738 0.667
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Period Mean (original grids) [%]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [%]
Model Period Mean (complement) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]
Bias [%]
RMSE [%]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.0637
CMIP6 ens [-] 0.0568 0.0853 0.0639 0.0239 0.0143 0.0214 0.218 2.16 0.791 0.628 0.784 0.625 0.691
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.0471 0.0499 0.0639 0.0113 0.00373 -0.0140 0.188 2.35 0.792 0.638 0.670 0.566 0.661
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.0507 0.0537 0.0639 0.0126 0.00373 -0.0102 0.197 2.36 0.790 0.636 0.672 0.577 0.662
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.0437 0.0464 0.0639 0.00931 0.00373 -0.0175 0.182 2.36 0.792 0.640 0.678 0.554 0.661
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.0529 0.0780 0.0642 0.0240 0.0108 0.0138 0.212 2.16 0.788 0.630 0.782 0.617 0.690

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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]
CMIP6 ens [-] 0.666 0.753 0.470 0.517 0.493
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.699 0.803 0.499 0.476 0.488
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.709 0.813 0.494 0.469 0.481
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.719 0.775 0.479 0.477 0.478
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.725 0.741 0.506 0.487 0.496
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
CMIP6 ens [-] 0.710 0.810 0.307 0.763 0.535
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.703 0.863 0.180 0.569 0.375
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.737 0.901 0.185 0.657 0.421
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.720 0.857 0.263 0.712 0.488
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.657 0.775 0.208 0.759 0.484
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
CMIP6 ens [-] 0.726 0.751 0.625 0.663 0.644
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.847 0.878 0.538 0.554 0.546
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.850 0.886 0.526 0.544 0.535
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.848 0.869 0.518 0.542 0.530
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.739 0.752 0.576 0.598 0.587
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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]
CMIP6 ens [-] 0.693 0.729 0.465 0.481 0.473
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.823 0.891 0.576 0.713 0.644
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.800 0.850 0.552 0.633 0.592
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.806 0.882 0.600 0.723 0.662
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.696 0.805 0.441 0.448 0.444
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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]
CMIP6 ens [-] 0.598 0.865 0.424 0.736 0.580
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.761 0.651 0.363 0.470 0.416
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.705 0.775 0.305 0.545 0.425
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.592 0.725 0.434 0.504 0.469
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.589 0.815 0.548 0.818 0.683
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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]
CMIP6 ens [-] 0.737 0.829 0.757 0.477 0.617
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.824 0.917 0.676 0.707 0.691
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.817 0.888 0.638 0.702 0.670
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.824 0.914 0.664 0.689 0.676
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.756 0.795 0.625 0.449 0.537

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Data Information

  Title:
GFED version 4.1 burned area fraction with small fires (GFED4.1s)

  Version:
4.1s

  Institutions:
VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Earth and Climate Cluster, Netherlands
Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
University of California Irvine, Department of Earth System Science, USA

  Source:
Satellite (MODIS Terra and Aqua) derived product

  History:
2019-03-13: downloaded source from https://www.geo.vu.nl/~gwerf/GFED/GFED4/
2019-05-07: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-ba-gfed.py

  References:
van der Werf, G.R., J.T. Randerson, L. Giglio, T.T. van Leeuwen, Y. Chen, B.M. Rogers, M. Mu, M.J.E. van Marle, D.C. Morton, G.J. Collatz, R.J. Yokelson, and P.S. Kasibhatla (2017), Global fire emissions estimates during 1997-2016, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 697-720, doi:10.5194/essd-9-697-2017

Giglio, L., J.T. Randerson and G.R. van der Werf (2013), Analysis of daily, monthly, and annual burned area using the fourth-generation global fire emissions database (GFED4), J. of Geophys. Res.-Biogeosciences, 118(1), 317-328, doi:10.1002/jgrg.20042

Randerson, J.T., Y. Chen, G.R. van der Werf, B.M. Rogers and D.C. Morton (2012), Global burned area and biomass burning emissions from small fires, J. of Geophys. Res.-Biogeosciences, 117(G4), G04012, doi:10.1029/2012JG002128

  Comments:
time_period: 1997-01 through 2016-12
original_temporal_resolution: monthly
original_spatial_resolution: 0.25 degree
original_units: fractions
final_temporal_resolution: monthly
final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree
final_units: %

  Convention:
CF-1.7