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 [-] 2.24
CMIP6 ens [-] 3.51 2.79 2.24 4.26 2.92 0.549 0.859 1.89 0.538 0.593 0.699 0.895 0.663
E3SMv3 default [-] 3.09 3.07 2.24 3.64 0.825 1.08 2.53 0.469 0.513 0.571 0.927 0.598
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 3.13 3.10 2.24 3.71 0.859 1.10 2.56 0.477 0.509 0.573 0.859 0.585
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 2.87 2.85 2.24 3.35 0.608 1.04 2.84 0.589 0.457 0.521 0.737 0.552
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 [-] 3.75
CMIP6 ens [-] 4.30 3.82 3.75 4.46 0.0690 0.375 2.79 0.623 0.543 0.528 0.977 0.643
E3SMv3 default [-] 4.06 3.98 3.75 4.24 0.228 0.434 2.68 0.513 0.557 0.550 0.980 0.631
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 3.94 3.83 3.75 4.16 0.0841 0.373 2.42 0.563 0.592 0.606 0.956 0.662
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 3.67 3.53 3.75 3.98 -0.223 0.470 2.58 0.443 0.542 0.580 0.911 0.604
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
CMIP6 ens [-] 1.65 1.85 1.56 1.26 1.41 0.291 0.660 1.28 0.591 0.554 0.786 0.976 0.692
E3SMv3 default [-] 1.58 1.95 1.56 0.648 1.37 0.392 0.756 1.31 0.571 0.519 0.768 0.972 0.670
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 1.61 1.97 1.56 0.680 1.37 0.411 0.737 1.31 0.579 0.536 0.767 0.975 0.679
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 1.53 1.87 1.56 0.672 1.37 0.308 0.762 1.46 0.582 0.510 0.743 0.963 0.662
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 [-] 0.993
CMIP6 ens [-] 0.959 0.960 0.993 0.958 1.38 -0.0333 0.336 0.326 0.840 0.718 0.964 0.862 0.820
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.882 0.983 0.993 0.465 1.37 -0.0103 0.330 0.263 0.835 0.723 0.982 0.883 0.829
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.945 1.04 0.993 0.532 1.37 0.0515 0.327 0.257 0.836 0.725 0.983 0.901 0.834
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.836 0.932 0.993 0.437 1.37 -0.0611 0.330 0.333 0.837 0.724 0.978 0.919 0.836
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 [-] 3.62
CMIP6 ens [-] 3.37 3.35 3.62 3.73 -0.274 0.664 2.22 0.483 0.396 0.649 0.906 0.566
E3SMv3 default [-] 3.70 3.71 3.62 3.28 0.0886 0.713 2.37 0.494 0.381 0.628 0.943 0.566
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 3.66 3.67 3.62 3.32 0.0462 0.660 2.47 0.522 0.400 0.605 0.948 0.575
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 3.33 3.34 3.62 3.07 -0.282 0.767 2.66 0.460 0.349 0.569 0.985 0.542
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 [-] 1.06
CMIP6 ens [-] 1.71 1.20 1.06 2.22 1.28 0.144 0.488 0.778 0.748 0.617 0.915 0.930 0.765
E3SMv3 default [-] 1.23 1.24 1.06 1.20 1.50 0.176 0.516 0.621 0.731 0.616 0.952 0.937 0.771
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 1.28 1.29 1.06 1.25 1.50 0.225 0.514 0.607 0.718 0.623 0.954 0.945 0.772
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 1.18 1.19 1.06 1.16 1.50 0.125 0.506 0.681 0.749 0.617 0.948 0.952 0.777

Temporally integrated period mean

BENCHMARK MEAN
Data not available
Data not available
MODEL MEAN
Data not available
Data not available
BIAS
Data not available
Data not available
BIAS SCORE
Data not available
Data not available
RMSE
Data not available
Data not available
RMSE SCORE
Data not available
Data not available
BENCHMARK MAX MONTH
Data not available
Data not available
MODEL MAX MONTH
Data not available
Data not available
DIFFERENCE IN MAX MONTH
Data not available
Data not available
SEASONAL CYCLE SCORE
Data not available
Data not available

SPATIAL TAYLOR DIAGRAM
Data not available
MODEL COLORS
Data not available

Spatially integrated regional mean

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

Relationships

Download Data
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 [-] 0.758 0.685 0.548 0.652 0.600
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.654 0.636 0.803 0.693 0.748
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.651 0.637 0.805 0.688 0.746
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.687 0.691 0.854 0.766 0.810
Download Data
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 [-] 0.592 0.602 0.825 0.905 0.865
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.636 0.680 0.930 0.929 0.930
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.683 0.742 0.934 0.954 0.944
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.689 0.670 0.975 0.918 0.946
Download Data
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 [-] 0.579 0.722 0.872 0.760 0.816
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.555 0.722 0.900 0.762 0.831
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.569 0.739 0.910 0.760 0.835
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.568 0.732 0.872 0.775 0.824
Download Data
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 [-] 0.624 0.644 0.645 0.599 0.622
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.676 0.685 0.788 0.754 0.771
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.690 0.715 0.802 0.738 0.770
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.680 0.686 0.746 0.758 0.752
Download Data
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 [-] 0.583 0.640 0.904 0.941 0.923
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.653 0.524 0.887 0.894 0.891
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.622 0.642 0.887 0.911 0.899
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.536 0.632 0.876 0.929 0.902
Download Data
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 [-] 0.672 0.700 0.575 0.419 0.497
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.663 0.764 0.877 0.750 0.813
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.671 0.749 0.860 0.755 0.808
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.683 0.776 0.878 0.753 0.815

Precipitation/GPCPv2.3

Data not available
Data not available
Data not available

SurfaceAirTemperature/CRU4.02

Data not available
Data not available
Data not available

All Models

Benchmark
Data not available
Data not available
CMIP6 ens
Data not available
Data not available
E3SMv3 default
Data not available
Data not available
E3SMv3 highECS
Data not available
Data not available
E3SMv3 lowECS
Data not available
Data not available

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