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Period Mean (original grids) [1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
Bias [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.562
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 0.725 0.580 0.562 0.895 0.0168 2.60 0.623 0.594 0.984 0.734
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.713 0.530 0.562 0.909 -0.0319 2.52 0.602 0.585 0.984 0.724
CanESM2 [-] 0.706 0.586 0.562 0.844 0.0223 2.58 0.620 0.566 0.984 0.723
CanESM5 [-] 0.755 0.640 0.562 0.888 0.0756 3.10 0.577 0.449 0.985 0.670
CESM1-BGC [-] 0.789 0.687 0.562 0.908 0.126 2.59 0.506 0.568 0.951 0.675
CESM2 [-] 0.717 0.571 0.562 0.889 0.0101 2.41 0.675 0.579 0.988 0.747
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 0.761 0.643 0.562 0.897 0.0822 2.78 0.570 0.524 0.989 0.694
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.775 0.671 0.562 0.902 0.109 2.72 0.545 0.538 0.978 0.687
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 0.651 0.455 0.562 0.838 -0.107 2.27 0.458 0.617 0.967 0.681
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.723 0.600 0.562 0.890 0.0386 2.22 0.708 0.664 0.921 0.764
MeanCMIP5 [-] 0.733 0.605 0.564 0.886 0.600 0.0416 2.60 0.728 0.548 0.985 0.753
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.732 0.594 0.562 0.896 0.0324 2.57 0.720 0.550 0.988 0.753
MIROC-ESM [-] 0.750 0.640 0.562 0.878 0.0764 2.41 0.586 0.618 0.985 0.730
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 0.813 0.715 0.562 0.925 0.151 2.64 0.423 0.539 0.985 0.649
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 0.711 0.581 0.562 0.893 0.0211 3.06 0.519 0.436 0.860 0.605
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.666 0.514 0.562 0.844 -0.0470 2.31 0.529 0.629 0.895 0.684
NorESM1-ME [-] 0.799 0.700 0.562 0.894 0.138 2.81 0.466 0.528 0.975 0.656
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.692 0.515 0.562 0.881 -0.0464 2.40 0.576 0.581 0.985 0.714
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 0.719 0.568 0.564 0.913 0.00434 2.61 0.638 0.543 0.984 0.722
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.729 0.559 0.562 0.918 -0.00312 2.45 0.601 0.580 0.972 0.717
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Period Mean (original grids) [1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
Bias [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.859
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 0.908 0.796 0.859 0.924 -0.0593 2.81 0.420 0.542 0.556 0.506
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.921 0.825 0.859 0.935 -0.0324 3.22 0.459 0.455 0.998 0.637
CanESM2 [-] 0.862 0.773 0.859 0.874 -0.0859 2.95 0.321 0.519 0.708 0.516
CanESM5 [-] 0.905 0.884 0.859 0.908 0.0251 2.43 0.644 0.613 0.387 0.548
CESM1-BGC [-] 0.922 0.905 0.859 0.924 0.0463 2.96 0.558 0.511 0.606 0.558
CESM2 [-] 0.882 0.761 0.859 0.898 -0.0962 3.07 0.276 0.488 0.984 0.583
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 0.940 0.923 0.859 0.941 0.0648 3.25 0.427 0.450 0.749 0.542
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.909 0.870 0.859 0.915 0.0106 2.85 0.688 0.542 0.866 0.698
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 0.840 0.736 0.859 0.852 -0.122 3.27 0.264 0.451 0.651 0.455
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.888 0.806 0.859 0.899 -0.0511 3.00 0.437 0.503 0.830 0.590
MeanCMIP5 [-] 0.903 0.849 0.858 0.910 -0.00902 2.93 0.619 0.522 0.806 0.649
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.901 0.841 0.859 0.909 -0.0182 3.21 0.571 0.457 0.664 0.564
MIROC-ESM [-] 0.886 0.843 0.859 0.892 -0.0153 2.66 0.503 0.576 0.930 0.670
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 0.933 0.929 0.859 0.934 0.0698 3.28 0.379 0.449 0.994 0.608
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 0.911 0.865 0.859 0.916 0.00574 3.59 0.565 0.383 0.758 0.568
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.848 0.824 0.859 0.851 -0.0379 3.01 0.512 0.507 0.437 0.485
NorESM1-ME [-] 0.917 0.921 0.859 0.915 0.0618 3.44 0.471 0.424 0.670 0.522
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.871 0.759 0.859 0.885 -0.0985 3.55 0.284 0.398 0.997 0.560
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 0.924 0.869 0.858 0.932 0.0127 2.27 0.654 0.659 0.992 0.768
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.931 0.862 0.859 0.941 0.00353 2.33 0.661 0.636 0.994 0.764
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Period Mean (original grids) [1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
Bias [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.486
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 0.505 0.466 0.486 0.614 -0.0187 2.27 0.508 0.646 0.962 0.706
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.536 0.485 0.486 0.708 0.329 -4.98e-05 2.24 0.551 0.638 0.978 0.722
CanESM2 [-] 0.480 0.441 0.486 0.614 0.507 -0.0447 2.10 0.495 0.707 0.959 0.720
CanESM5 [-] 0.575 0.538 0.486 0.693 0.380 0.0519 2.10 0.558 0.697 0.976 0.744
CESM1-BGC [-] 0.578 0.537 0.486 0.715 0.372 0.0516 2.24 0.557 0.672 0.960 0.729
CESM2 [-] 0.528 0.480 0.486 0.690 0.276 -0.00492 2.31 0.575 0.671 0.966 0.737
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 0.595 0.557 0.486 0.718 0.481 0.0718 1.97 0.530 0.711 0.977 0.740
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.610 0.568 0.486 0.746 0.566 0.0825 2.09 0.537 0.692 0.964 0.731
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 0.473 0.430 0.486 0.637 -0.0554 2.54 0.485 0.576 0.969 0.677
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.566 0.525 0.486 0.708 0.226 0.0387 2.13 0.623 0.685 0.971 0.760
MeanCMIP5 [-] 0.558 0.514 0.487 0.705 0.361 0.0271 1.98 0.615 0.711 0.954 0.760
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.572 0.528 0.486 0.719 0.330 0.0418 1.94 0.665 0.713 0.985 0.787
MIROC-ESM [-] 0.559 0.523 0.486 0.657 0.0377 2.19 0.523 0.681 0.945 0.716
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 0.646 0.614 0.486 0.724 0.128 2.27 0.477 0.655 0.975 0.703
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 0.551 0.515 0.486 0.679 0.437 0.0296 2.33 0.534 0.640 0.945 0.706
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.513 0.474 0.486 0.641 0.457 -0.0107 2.07 0.558 0.681 0.941 0.726
NorESM1-ME [-] 0.572 0.533 0.486 0.708 0.299 0.0477 2.30 0.525 0.665 0.964 0.718
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.523 0.477 0.486 0.679 0.320 -0.00856 2.25 0.563 0.656 0.971 0.730
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 0.571 0.527 0.486 0.714 0.426 0.0422 2.18 0.588 0.656 0.977 0.740
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.567 0.518 0.486 0.723 0.275 0.0321 2.10 0.629 0.689 0.981 0.766
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Period Mean (original grids) [1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
Bias [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.592
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 0.560 0.585 0.592 0.541 -0.00792 1.56 0.606 0.765 0.968 0.780
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.610 0.641 0.593 0.585 0.368 0.0482 1.62 0.612 0.760 0.975 0.782
CanESM2 [-] 0.519 0.514 0.593 0.524 0.506 -0.0784 1.28 0.557 0.839 0.937 0.778
CanESM5 [-] 0.572 0.620 0.593 0.531 0.422 0.0267 1.25 0.690 0.847 0.901 0.812
CESM1-BGC [-] 0.547 0.509 0.593 0.580 0.355 -0.0842 1.83 0.563 0.720 0.961 0.748
CESM2 [-] 0.588 0.586 0.593 0.589 0.276 -0.00587 1.61 0.623 0.776 0.942 0.780
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 0.622 0.686 0.593 0.565 0.480 0.0934 1.21 0.578 0.844 0.988 0.803
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.675 0.739 0.593 0.619 0.505 0.146 1.33 0.497 0.821 0.976 0.764
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 0.597 0.576 0.592 0.611 0.377 -0.0170 3.44 0.647 0.411 0.811 0.623
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.606 0.609 0.593 0.604 0.357 0.0165 2.14 0.708 0.661 0.869 0.746
MeanCMIP5 [-] 0.596 0.604 0.592 0.589 0.690 0.0116 1.48 0.702 0.794 0.614 0.703
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.624 0.654 0.592 0.597 0.359 0.0616 1.30 0.688 0.832 0.697 0.739
MIROC-ESM [-] 0.562 0.571 0.592 0.556 -0.0217 1.43 0.662 0.809 0.861 0.777
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 0.665 0.709 0.592 0.629 0.116 1.79 0.527 0.736 0.953 0.739
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 0.607 0.687 0.593 0.545 0.437 0.0939 1.89 0.612 0.721 0.991 0.775
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.560 0.644 0.593 0.492 0.463 0.0509 1.52 0.643 0.782 0.968 0.798
NorESM1-ME [-] 0.540 0.503 0.593 0.568 0.301 -0.0905 1.68 0.554 0.755 0.953 0.754
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.582 0.595 0.594 0.568 0.321 0.000632 1.57 0.630 0.789 0.971 0.796
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 0.631 0.663 0.593 0.603 0.426 0.0701 1.75 0.604 0.748 0.897 0.749
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.622 0.641 0.593 0.605 0.291 0.0478 1.37 0.704 0.826 0.779 0.770
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Period Mean (original grids) [1]
Model Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [1]
Model Period Mean (complement) [1]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [1]
Bias [1]
Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.787
bcc-csm1-1 [-] 0.565 0.559 0.787 0.687 -0.228 2.86 0.185 0.529 0.476 0.397
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.676 0.658 0.787 0.816 -0.129 2.87 0.301 0.529 0.934 0.588
CanESM2 [-] 0.469 0.456 0.787 0.624 -0.331 2.13 0.108 0.687 0.479 0.425
CanESM5 [-] 0.629 0.621 0.787 0.736 -0.166 2.13 0.280 0.678 0.514 0.491
CESM1-BGC [-] 0.759 0.753 0.787 0.810 0.744 -0.0340 2.63 0.554 0.586 0.701 0.613
CESM2 [-] 0.708 0.696 0.787 0.800 -0.0904 2.29 0.391 0.645 0.994 0.677
GFDL-ESM2G [-] 0.659 0.653 0.787 0.761 -0.136 1.92 0.317 0.725 0.793 0.612
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.746 0.742 0.787 0.782 -0.0455 2.59 0.512 0.583 0.658 0.584
IPSL-CM5A-LR [-] 0.553 0.542 0.787 0.671 -0.245 1.92 0.166 0.732 0.545 0.481
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 0.768 0.758 0.787 0.838 -0.0287 2.08 0.579 0.697 0.923 0.733
MeanCMIP5 [-] 0.659 0.650 0.788 0.734 -0.137 1.89 0.296 0.730 0.817 0.614
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.742 0.735 0.787 0.801 -0.0527 2.22 0.534 0.662 0.992 0.729
MIROC-ESM [-] 0.647 0.653 0.787 0.688 -0.135 2.66 0.322 0.566 0.572 0.487
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 0.844 0.845 0.787 0.844 0.0565 2.31 0.449 0.640 0.811 0.633
MPI-ESM-LR [-] 0.689 0.687 0.787 0.702 -0.0998 2.24 0.382 0.665 0.430 0.492
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.765 0.769 0.787 0.718 0.788 -0.0186 2.89 0.478 0.526 0.410 0.471
NorESM1-ME [-] 0.760 0.757 0.787 0.796 -0.0301 2.63 0.495 0.580 0.722 0.599
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.708 0.698 0.787 0.781 -0.0891 2.78 0.397 0.552 0.798 0.582
UK-HadGEM2-ES [-] 0.825 0.823 0.788 0.834 0.0370 3.03 0.548 0.495 0.812 0.618
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.792 0.783 0.787 0.852 -0.00439 3.07 0.576 0.491 0.807 0.625

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Data Information

  Title:
Conserving Land-Atmosphere Synthesis Suite (CLASS) v1.1

  Version:
1.1

  Institution:
University of New South Wales

  Source:
Ground Heat Flux (GLDAS, MERRALND, MERRAFLX, NCEP_DOII, NCEP_NCAR), Sensible Heat Flux(GLDAS, MERRALND, MERRAFLX, NCEP_DOII, NCEP_NCAR, MPIBGC, Princeton), Latent Heat Flux(DOLCE1.0), Net Radiation (GLDAS, MERRALND, NCEP_DOII, NCEP_NCAR, ERAI, EBAF4.0), Precipitation(REGEN1.1), Runoff(LORA1.0), Change in Water storage(GRACE(GFZ, JPL, CSR))

  History:
2020-01-30: downloaded source from [http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2003.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2004.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2005.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2006.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2007.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2008.nc,http://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/fileServer/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/CLASS/v1-1/CLASS_v1-1_2009.nc] 2020-01-30: converted to ILAMB netCDF4 with https://github.com/rubisco-sfa/ILAMB-Data/blob/master/CLASS/CLASS_to_ILAMB.py

  References:
Sanaa Hobeichi (2019), Conserving Land-Atmosphere Synthesis Suite (CLASS) v1.1, doi:10.25914/5c872258dc183

Hobeichi, Sanaa and Abramowitz, Gab and Evans, Jason (2020), Conserving Land–Atmosphere Synthesis Suite (CLASS), Journal of Climate, 5, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0036.1