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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 [-] 2.24
CanESM5 [-] 3.70 3.09 2.23 4.35 2.97 0.865 1.18 2.49 0.418 0.478 0.580 0.978 0.586
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
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 3.53 2.94 2.23 4.15 2.96 0.702 1.14 2.24 0.515 0.435 0.644 0.774 0.561
MIROC-ES2L [-] 3.97 3.61 2.23 4.32 2.97 1.39 1.54 2.07 0.268 0.533 0.659 0.956 0.590
NorESM2-LM [-] 3.18 2.30 2.23 4.12 2.96 0.0697 0.832 1.96 0.552 0.539 0.701 0.894 0.645
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 3.63 2.67 2.24 4.64 2.94 0.433 0.913 1.97 0.483 0.555 0.678 0.975 0.649
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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 [-] 3.75
CanESM5 [-] 4.41 4.21 3.75 4.48 0.464 0.604 2.66 0.372 0.475 0.566 0.931 0.564
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
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 4.09 3.41 3.75 4.31 -0.343 0.630 2.93 0.374 0.492 0.515 0.704 0.515
MIROC-ES2L [-] 4.35 4.45 3.75 4.33 0.705 0.826 3.19 0.242 0.461 0.444 0.984 0.518
NorESM2-LM [-] 4.29 3.80 3.75 4.44 0.0497 0.467 2.84 0.548 0.454 0.522 0.987 0.593
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 4.64 3.99 3.75 4.84 0.241 0.515 2.69 0.491 0.504 0.545 0.994 0.608
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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
CanESM5 [-] 1.75 1.98 1.56 1.30 1.42 0.418 0.949 1.51 0.477 0.438 0.746 0.945 0.609
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
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 1.74 1.96 1.56 1.28 1.41 0.403 0.808 1.47 0.573 0.495 0.767 0.966 0.659
MIROC-ES2L [-] 2.08 2.42 1.56 1.40 1.42 0.862 1.12 1.58 0.370 0.475 0.732 0.912 0.593
NorESM2-LM [-] 1.56 1.73 1.56 1.22 1.41 0.168 0.738 1.48 0.577 0.503 0.767 0.971 0.664
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 1.67 1.86 1.56 1.29 1.40 0.304 0.734 1.32 0.554 0.511 0.766 0.955 0.659
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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 [-] 0.993
CanESM5 [-] 0.871 0.963 0.992 0.790 1.40 -0.0292 0.502 0.450 0.790 0.599 0.944 0.754 0.737
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
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 1.02 1.02 0.993 1.03 1.39 0.0249 0.366 0.365 0.848 0.690 0.961 0.880 0.814
MIROC-ES2L [-] 1.18 1.29 0.992 1.09 1.40 0.294 0.573 0.511 0.690 0.618 0.944 0.516 0.677
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.891 0.804 0.993 0.968 1.39 -0.188 0.463 0.555 0.778 0.652 0.942 0.802 0.765
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.983 0.939 0.993 1.02 1.40 -0.0538 0.419 0.335 0.824 0.652 0.961 0.843 0.787
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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 [-] 3.62
CanESM5 [-] 3.06 3.02 3.62 3.71 -0.604 1.41 2.26 0.286 0.168 0.651 0.826 0.419
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
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 3.70 3.67 3.62 4.02 0.0537 0.603 1.60 0.577 0.410 0.782 0.983 0.632
MIROC-ES2L [-] 4.54 4.56 3.62 4.14 0.943 1.17 2.67 0.208 0.383 0.575 0.996 0.509
NorESM2-LM [-] 3.35 3.31 3.62 3.98 -0.313 0.659 2.27 0.415 0.402 0.655 0.659 0.507
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 3.81 3.77 3.62 4.26 0.153 0.865 2.81 0.403 0.321 0.533 0.952 0.506
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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 [-] 1.06
CanESM5 [-] 1.60 1.24 1.06 1.96 1.23 0.179 0.661 0.943 0.689 0.521 0.885 0.830 0.689
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
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 1.79 1.27 1.06 2.31 1.25 0.213 0.576 0.859 0.724 0.588 0.912 0.887 0.740
MIROC-ES2L [-] 1.98 1.61 1.06 2.35 1.23 0.549 0.846 0.967 0.536 0.517 0.890 0.705 0.633
NorESM2-LM [-] 1.66 1.05 1.06 2.27 1.25 -0.00934 0.580 0.919 0.746 0.563 0.904 0.885 0.732
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 1.74 1.17 1.06 2.32 1.32 0.110 0.553 0.745 0.752 0.567 0.918 0.904 0.741

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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]
CanESM5 [-] 0.730 0.583 0.504 0.552 0.528
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.623 0.645 0.800 0.695 0.748
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.625 0.635 0.806 0.686 0.746
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.670 0.676 0.842 0.765 0.803
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.707 0.714 0.507 0.612 0.560
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.710 0.603 0.461 0.448 0.455
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.707 0.685 0.582 0.691 0.636
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.686 0.642 0.520 0.640 0.580
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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]
CanESM5 [-] 0.640 0.518 0.827 0.878 0.853
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.675 0.695 0.939 0.927 0.933
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.697 0.758 0.938 0.953 0.945
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.717 0.678 0.974 0.920 0.947
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.665 0.639 0.855 0.837 0.846
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.582 0.575 0.861 0.837 0.849
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.667 0.685 0.806 0.885 0.845
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.651 0.662 0.817 0.840 0.829
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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]
CanESM5 [-] 0.557 0.698 0.839 0.709 0.774
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.566 0.732 0.899 0.764 0.831
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.585 0.753 0.909 0.763 0.836
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.574 0.740 0.873 0.779 0.826
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.592 0.715 0.893 0.707 0.800
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.600 0.633 0.748 0.586 0.667
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.582 0.681 0.899 0.762 0.830
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.578 0.730 0.863 0.774 0.819
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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]
CanESM5 [-] 0.575 0.656 0.752 0.674 0.713
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.656 0.720 0.777 0.759 0.768
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.651 0.738 0.802 0.743 0.772
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.652 0.706 0.732 0.763 0.748
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.608 0.651 0.687 0.587 0.637
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.580 0.617 0.535 0.565 0.550
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.565 0.608 0.578 0.569 0.574
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.592 0.654 0.567 0.561 0.564
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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]
CanESM5 [-] 0.548 0.589 0.884 0.895 0.889
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.650 0.494 0.886 0.892 0.889
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.627 0.624 0.888 0.913 0.900
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.551 0.627 0.878 0.934 0.906
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.638 0.626 0.897 0.875 0.886
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.701 0.498 0.787 0.716 0.752
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.544 0.453 0.893 0.932 0.912
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.691 0.680 0.892 0.927 0.910
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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]
CanESM5 [-] 0.655 0.653 0.595 0.457 0.526
E3SMv3 default [-] 0.671 0.762 0.873 0.753 0.813
E3SMv3 highECS [-] 0.682 0.756 0.865 0.755 0.810
E3SMv3 lowECS [-] 0.688 0.764 0.884 0.755 0.820
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.663 0.653 0.618 0.367 0.493
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.595 0.613 0.481 0.382 0.432
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.688 0.655 0.524 0.432 0.478
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.684 0.679 0.634 0.362 0.498

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SurfaceAirTemperature/CRU4.02

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IPSL-CM6A-LR
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NorESM2-LM
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UKESM1-0-LL
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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