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Bias Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.0483
CESM2 [-] 0.0328 0.0341 0.0485 0.00148 0.00218 -0.0153 0.148 2.30 0.838 0.679 0.738 0.600 0.707
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.0299 0.0265 0.0483 0.00427 -0.0245 0.140 2.28 0.838 0.688 0.782 0.548 0.709
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Bias Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 0.325
CESM2 [-] 0.284 0.329 0.328 0.0166 0.0519 -0.0108 0.836 2.04 0.723 0.446 0.726 0.746 0.617
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.210 0.266 0.325 0.0177 -0.0744 0.748 2.07 0.726 0.465 0.719 0.655 0.606
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Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]
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RMSE Score [1]
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Benchmark [-] 0.324
CESM2 [-] 0.264 0.433 0.328 0.00154 0.0247 0.0946 0.799 2.19 0.787 0.569 0.769 0.801 0.699
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.237 0.368 0.324 0.00282 0.0238 0.752 2.27 0.782 0.572 0.736 0.758 0.684
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Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]
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Model Period Mean (complement) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]
Bias [%]
RMSE [%]
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Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.0620
CESM2 [-] 0.0692 0.0800 0.0621 0.00413 0.0186 0.0181 0.214 2.68 0.774 0.644 0.677 0.543 0.657
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.0542 0.0717 0.0620 0.00662 0.0125 0.211 2.59 0.777 0.644 0.700 0.562 0.666
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Model Period Mean (intersection) [%]
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Model Period Mean (complement) [%]
Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [%]
Bias [%]
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Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
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Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 0.0123
CESM2 [-] 0.0101 0.0190 0.0134 6.00e-05 0.000479 0.00201 0.0435 2.47 0.726 0.558 0.739 0.304 0.577
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.0182 0.0312 0.0123 0.000316 0.0108 0.0547 2.41 0.702 0.512 0.681 0.309 0.543
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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 [-] 0.0451
CESM2 [-] 0.0960 0.0895 0.0455 0.0102 0.00788 0.0416 0.193 2.38 0.729 0.531 0.714 0.285 0.558
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.0892 0.0768 0.0451 0.0317 0.0281 0.171 2.29 0.744 0.553 0.730 0.416 0.599
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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 [-] 0.0525
CESM2 [-] 0.0490 0.0443 0.0548 0.0570 0.0108 -0.00746 0.139 1.75 0.726 0.532 0.885 0.566 0.648
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.0550 0.0501 0.0525 0.0783 0.00139 0.147 1.84 0.720 0.535 0.843 0.500 0.627
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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 [-] 0.837
CESM2 [-] 0.764 0.760 0.860 0.154 0.0585 -0.148 2.07 1.60 0.705 0.399 0.712 0.730 0.589
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.579 0.590 0.837 0.190 -0.307 1.78 1.68 0.709 0.423 0.709 0.620 0.577
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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 [-] 0.0182
CESM2 [-] 0.00563 0.00685 0.0184 8.35e-06 0.000416 -0.0115 0.0535 2.15 0.886 0.758 0.829 0.581 0.762
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.00172 0.00293 0.0182 8.88e-05 -0.0159 0.0488 2.30 0.882 0.760 0.782 0.415 0.720
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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 [-] 0.120
CESM2 [-] 0.208 0.219 0.121 0.0930 0.0193 0.0995 0.490 1.96 0.722 0.562 0.771 0.561 0.635
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.167 0.183 0.120 0.109 0.0796 0.446 2.01 0.727 0.572 0.777 0.609 0.651

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Spatially integrated regional mean

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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Hellinger Distance [1]
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CESM2 [-] 0.774 0.848 0.472 0.492 0.482
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.798 0.848 0.376 0.481 0.428
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
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CESM2 [-] 0.847 0.873 0.641 0.689 0.665
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.738 0.773 0.566 0.589 0.577
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
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CESM2 [-] 0.702 0.828 0.731 0.636 0.683
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.646 0.835 0.492 0.641 0.566
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Score [1]
SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]
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CESM2 [-] 0.876 0.866 0.799 0.275 0.537
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.857 0.865 0.634 0.342 0.488
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
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SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]
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CESM2 [-] 0.755 0.765 0.136 0.487 0.312
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.710 0.663 0.242 0.570 0.406
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
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SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]
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CESM2 [-] 0.754 0.878 0.441 0.515 0.478
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.779 0.885 0.558 0.328 0.443
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
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SurfaceAirTemperature|CRU4.02 Score [1]
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CESM2 [-] 0.620 0.940 0.619 0.626 0.623
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.605 0.899 0.569 0.670 0.620
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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]
CESM2 [-] 0.814 0.879 0.657 0.755 0.706
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.789 0.859 0.605 0.587 0.596
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Precipitation|GPCPv2.3 Hellinger Distance [1]
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CESM2 [-] 0.893 0.797 0.441 0.417 0.429
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.895 0.738 0.387 0.381 0.384
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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]
CESM2 [-] 0.783 0.799 0.504 0.362 0.433
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.745 0.806 0.482 0.546 0.514

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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