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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 [-] 3.40
CanESM5 [-] 4.61 4.69 3.40 4.42 1.29 2.78 1.93 0.567 0.455 0.756 0.732 0.593
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 4.15 4.20 3.40 3.49 0.787 1.83 1.52 0.720 0.633 0.842 0.977 0.761
MIROC-ES2L [-] 4.61 4.64 3.40 4.84 1.23 2.31 1.19 0.633 0.537 0.863 0.917 0.698
NorESM2-LM [-] 2.67 3.16 3.40 2.01 -0.246 1.48 1.44 0.809 0.607 0.809 0.986 0.763
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 3.44 3.28 3.40 3.58 -0.112 1.45 1.88 0.792 0.636 0.747 0.980 0.758
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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 [-] 7.31
CanESM5 [-] 9.48 10.0 7.31 8.24 1.78 4.13 2.09 0.573 0.513 0.667 0.896 0.632
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 12.9 13.8 7.31 7.80 3.26 5.55 1.98 0.506 0.555 0.699 0.236 0.510
MIROC-ES2L [-] 7.09 7.25 7.31 6.90 -0.228 3.14 2.39 0.672 0.561 0.597 0.810 0.640
NorESM2-LM [-] 7.99 8.08 7.31 7.72 0.785 3.00 1.83 0.679 0.586 0.721 0.913 0.697
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 7.63 6.87 7.31 8.13 -0.433 3.12 1.67 0.657 0.579 0.748 0.961 0.705
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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 [-] 2.26
CanESM5 [-] 2.26 2.42 2.26 0.841 0.256 1.58 1.48 0.632 0.566 0.805 0.915 0.697
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 2.54 2.74 2.26 0.905 0.547 1.52 1.30 0.647 0.611 0.834 0.848 0.710
MIROC-ES2L [-] 2.58 2.73 2.26 1.31 0.534 1.55 1.41 0.639 0.585 0.798 0.941 0.710
NorESM2-LM [-] 2.26 2.35 2.26 1.71 0.0829 1.25 1.33 0.704 0.618 0.835 0.945 0.744
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 2.50 2.43 2.26 1.74 0.167 1.20 1.32 0.713 0.630 0.820 0.957 0.750
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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 [-] 1.34
CanESM5 [-] 1.61 1.62 1.34 1.60 0.284 0.612 0.907 0.661 0.670 0.881 0.918 0.760
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 1.82 1.82 1.34 2.01 0.506 0.794 0.955 0.603 0.632 0.885 0.930 0.736
MIROC-ES2L [-] 1.80 1.82 1.34 1.68 0.454 0.829 1.11 0.585 0.616 0.855 0.931 0.721
NorESM2-LM [-] 1.81 1.61 1.34 2.07 0.274 0.571 1.02 0.687 0.685 0.864 0.939 0.772
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 7.77e+14 1.64 1.34 2.05 0.295 0.570 1.01 0.692 0.675 0.858 0.974 0.775
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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 [-] 6.13
CanESM5 [-] 4.81 4.65 6.13 3.78 -1.52 4.25 1.38 0.519 0.511 0.829 0.666 0.607
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 6.09 6.10 6.13 6.97 -0.0360 2.87 1.20 0.686 0.615 0.856 0.844 0.723
MIROC-ES2L [-] 6.26 6.22 6.13 6.37 0.0932 2.88 1.55 0.688 0.569 0.809 0.947 0.716
NorESM2-LM [-] 5.11 5.08 6.13 4.83 -1.04 3.26 1.21 0.634 0.525 0.857 0.724 0.653
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 6.02 6.04 6.13 5.70 -0.0827 2.96 1.51 0.696 0.565 0.799 0.958 0.717
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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 [-] 1.53
CanESM5 [-] 1.72 1.71 1.53 2.13 0.221 0.726 1.23 0.676 0.666 0.836 0.938 0.757
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 2.01 1.99 1.53 2.49 0.513 0.903 1.12 0.623 0.634 0.850 0.929 0.734
MIROC-ES2L [-] 2.08 2.06 1.53 2.49 0.561 0.971 1.24 0.604 0.629 0.825 0.931 0.724
NorESM2-LM [-] 2.36 1.68 1.53 3.30 0.142 0.669 1.27 0.722 0.679 0.835 0.921 0.767
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 6.14e+15 1.78 1.53 3.53 0.249 0.627 1.17 0.736 0.685 0.834 0.976 0.783

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Spatially integrated regional mean

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Data Information

  Title:
GPCC Full Data Reanalysis Version 2018 0.5x0.5 Monthly Total

  Version:
v2018

  Institutions:
Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC)

  Source:
GPCC Precipitation 0.5 degree V2018 Full Reanalysis

  History:
2020-10-07: downloaded source from ftp://ftp.cdc.noaa.gov/Datasets/gpcc/full_v2018/precip.mon.total.v2018.nc
2020-10-07: converted to netCDF, original data is divided by days in a month for a mean monthly rate.

  References:
Schneider, Udo and Finger, Peter and Meyer-Christoffer, Anja and Rustemeier, Elke and Ziese, Markus and Becker, Andreas (2017), Evaluating the Hydrological Cycle over Land Using the Newly-Corrected Precipitation Climatology from the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC), Atmosphere, 12, doi:10.3390/atmos8030052

  Comments:
time_period: 1980-01 through 2016-12
temporal_resolution: monthly
spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree
units: mm d-1

  Convention:
CF-1.8