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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 [-] 1.93
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 2.44 2.48 1.92 0.584 1.05 1.33 0.624 0.540 0.791 0.954 0.690
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 1.98 1.98 1.92 0.0749 0.658 1.20 0.715 0.684 0.831 0.971 0.777
CanESM5 [-] 1.89 1.92 1.92 0.0200 0.773 1.19 0.681 0.629 0.814 0.970 0.745
CESM2 [-] 2.03 2.05 1.92 0.169 0.683 1.12 0.695 0.695 0.830 0.860 0.755
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 2.23 2.23 1.92 0.311 0.744 1.20 0.687 0.641 0.822 0.944 0.747
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 2.22 2.25 1.92 0.361 0.889 1.16 0.644 0.610 0.833 0.728 0.685
MeanCMIP6 [-] 2.04 2.08 1.93 0.180 0.588 0.975 0.725 0.713 0.854 0.981 0.797
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 2.25 2.27 1.92 0.344 0.974 1.16 0.607 0.587 0.829 0.953 0.713
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 2.28 2.29 1.92 0.375 0.812 1.16 0.679 0.611 0.826 0.951 0.735
NorESM2-LM [-] 1.88 1.91 1.92 0.0122 0.625 1.04 0.728 0.692 0.846 0.981 0.788
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 2.02 2.00 1.92 0.123 0.640 1.14 0.738 0.656 0.827 0.959 0.767
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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 [-] 2.30
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 2.52 2.52 2.30 0.348 1.39 1.69 0.654 0.545 0.797 0.917 0.692
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 2.26 2.26 2.30 0.106 1.22 1.55 0.649 0.598 0.783 0.944 0.714
CanESM5 [-] 2.26 2.24 2.30 0.0844 1.39 1.67 0.637 0.565 0.802 0.911 0.696
CESM2 [-] 2.23 2.23 2.30 0.0797 1.04 1.41 0.701 0.632 0.846 0.961 0.754
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 2.41 2.40 2.30 0.104 1.11 1.42 0.699 0.610 0.834 0.965 0.743
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 2.54 2.54 2.30 0.329 1.34 1.56 0.641 0.600 0.813 0.844 0.699
MeanCMIP6 [-] 2.27 2.27 2.30 0.107 0.896 1.29 0.721 0.686 0.857 0.972 0.784
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 2.57 2.56 2.30 0.362 1.36 1.61 0.641 0.573 0.787 0.950 0.705
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 1.99 1.99 2.30 -0.144 1.15 1.40 0.677 0.611 0.814 0.954 0.733
NorESM2-LM [-] 2.13 2.12 2.30 -0.0457 1.08 1.41 0.698 0.621 0.840 0.967 0.749
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 2.15 2.15 2.30 0.0234 1.09 1.45 0.706 0.618 0.826 0.955 0.745
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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 [-] 0.699
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 0.788 0.795 0.699 0.116 0.692 2.08 0.701 0.574 0.770 0.743 0.672
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.798 0.824 0.699 0.148 0.651 1.61 0.702 0.600 0.805 0.724 0.686
CanESM5 [-] 0.795 0.798 0.699 0.116 0.766 2.13 0.668 0.553 0.768 0.508 0.610
CESM2 [-] 0.769 0.760 0.699 0.0715 0.531 1.89 0.770 0.641 0.817 0.908 0.756
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.796 0.800 0.699 0.0994 0.595 1.60 0.746 0.613 0.825 0.810 0.721
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 1.10 1.00 0.699 0.295 0.847 1.62 0.615 0.559 0.813 0.525 0.614
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.796 0.788 0.699 0.107 0.525 1.41 0.728 0.676 0.858 0.776 0.743
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 1.09 1.07 0.699 0.397 0.862 1.51 0.615 0.544 0.844 0.531 0.615
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.419 0.423 0.699 -0.234 0.609 1.33 0.675 0.638 0.839 0.867 0.731
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.818 0.781 0.699 0.0878 0.639 1.84 0.687 0.625 0.813 0.729 0.696
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.624 0.631 0.699 -0.0449 0.579 1.63 0.739 0.639 0.828 0.696 0.708
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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 [-] 0.659
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 1.04 0.985 0.657 0.332 0.638 1.72 0.667 0.570 0.705 0.556 0.613
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 1.01 0.986 0.657 0.335 0.615 1.63 0.665 0.580 0.760 0.466 0.610
CanESM5 [-] 0.796 0.764 0.657 0.123 0.577 1.85 0.681 0.558 0.685 0.558 0.608
CESM2 [-] 0.875 0.849 0.657 0.200 0.514 1.25 0.661 0.623 0.779 0.742 0.686
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 0.861 0.851 0.657 0.194 0.505 1.39 0.689 0.582 0.770 0.702 0.665
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 1.06 0.981 0.657 0.323 0.678 1.75 0.570 0.550 0.714 0.401 0.557
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.926 0.884 0.659 0.232 0.464 1.26 0.687 0.657 0.799 0.722 0.704
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 1.31 1.24 0.657 0.604 0.856 1.34 0.565 0.559 0.788 0.423 0.579
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 0.706 0.708 0.657 0.0529 0.532 1.56 0.669 0.574 0.781 0.711 0.662
NorESM2-LM [-] 0.885 0.843 0.657 0.192 0.599 1.63 0.631 0.580 0.725 0.648 0.633
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.643 0.677 0.657 0.0360 0.432 1.52 0.690 0.643 0.756 0.653 0.677
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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 [-] 6.93
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 8.31 8.69 6.94 1.11 3.60 1.30 0.589 0.576 0.820 0.265 0.565
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 5.81 6.16 6.94 -1.30 3.23 1.36 0.543 0.571 0.826 0.508 0.604
CanESM5 [-] 6.40 5.63 6.94 -1.90 3.77 1.56 0.484 0.579 0.774 0.503 0.584
CESM2 [-] 6.71 6.90 6.94 -0.332 2.13 0.961 0.718 0.667 0.869 0.710 0.726
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 5.58 5.61 6.94 -1.33 2.53 1.65 0.633 0.627 0.758 0.840 0.697
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 6.99 8.69 6.94 0.734 3.94 1.09 0.521 0.607 0.848 0.177 0.552
MeanCMIP6 [-] 6.28 6.41 6.93 -0.933 2.21 1.04 0.663 0.689 0.867 0.742 0.730
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 5.80 5.95 6.94 -1.52 3.19 1.54 0.534 0.622 0.774 0.468 0.604
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 5.80 5.80 6.94 -1.30 2.39 1.26 0.642 0.676 0.830 0.820 0.729
NorESM2-LM [-] 5.64 5.35 6.94 -1.76 2.93 1.07 0.596 0.602 0.860 0.958 0.723
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 7.10 7.02 6.94 -0.0771 2.38 1.43 0.694 0.644 0.803 0.535 0.664
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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 [-] 3.09
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 3.55 3.52 3.09 0.483 1.36 1.70 0.695 0.599 0.758 0.720 0.674
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 2.72 2.75 3.09 -0.284 1.10 1.76 0.676 0.679 0.751 0.923 0.742
CanESM5 [-] 3.34 3.17 3.09 0.0859 1.31 1.66 0.706 0.628 0.759 0.687 0.682
CESM2 [-] 2.99 2.97 3.09 -0.0212 1.11 1.44 0.694 0.689 0.799 0.764 0.727
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 3.24 3.25 3.09 0.153 1.03 1.50 0.739 0.674 0.784 0.878 0.750
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 3.38 3.30 3.09 0.254 1.36 1.67 0.668 0.614 0.751 0.702 0.670
MeanCMIP6 [-] 3.08 3.07 3.09 0.0396 0.879 1.34 0.750 0.732 0.813 0.911 0.787
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 3.27 3.24 3.09 0.180 1.26 1.80 0.679 0.617 0.731 0.911 0.711
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 3.23 3.22 3.09 0.137 1.13 1.59 0.740 0.642 0.769 0.860 0.730
NorESM2-LM [-] 2.67 2.74 3.09 -0.285 1.02 1.47 0.707 0.693 0.796 0.959 0.770
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 3.13 3.17 3.09 0.167 1.12 1.46 0.704 0.670 0.796 0.754 0.719
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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 [-] 8.41
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 9.74 9.63 8.43 0.885 3.83 1.32 0.621 0.450 0.817 0.397 0.547
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 7.23 7.17 8.43 -0.939 3.87 2.50 0.571 0.450 0.597 0.403 0.494
CanESM5 [-] 7.72 7.35 8.43 -0.717 4.14 1.49 0.524 0.456 0.791 0.317 0.509
CESM2 [-] 8.44 8.43 8.43 0.188 3.25 1.21 0.592 0.517 0.835 0.451 0.582
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 7.27 7.29 8.43 -1.14 3.00 1.49 0.617 0.535 0.792 0.689 0.634
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 10.7 10.4 8.43 1.49 5.11 1.61 0.458 0.543 0.765 0.0757 0.477
MeanCMIP6 [-] 7.53 7.56 8.41 -0.643 2.51 1.20 0.637 0.626 0.840 0.609 0.668
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 6.95 6.88 8.43 -1.42 3.05 1.80 0.597 0.534 0.719 0.852 0.647
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 6.32 6.29 8.43 -1.71 3.49 1.75 0.551 0.550 0.747 0.590 0.597
NorESM2-LM [-] 6.77 6.69 8.43 -1.35 3.43 1.28 0.568 0.497 0.825 0.652 0.608
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 7.48 7.50 8.43 -0.708 3.06 1.37 0.646 0.536 0.828 0.679 0.645
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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 [-] 4.14
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 4.53 4.57 4.15 0.465 2.63 1.17 0.649 0.553 0.845 0.718 0.664
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 4.37 4.36 4.15 0.330 2.46 1.27 0.633 0.580 0.821 0.791 0.681
CanESM5 [-] 4.28 4.37 4.15 0.306 2.83 1.28 0.624 0.541 0.836 0.698 0.648
CESM2 [-] 4.08 4.09 4.15 0.0398 1.89 0.925 0.745 0.628 0.892 0.915 0.762
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 4.23 4.27 4.15 0.122 2.16 0.913 0.717 0.596 0.888 0.930 0.745
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 4.64 4.57 4.15 0.424 2.17 1.09 0.709 0.628 0.866 0.779 0.722
MeanCMIP6 [-] 4.24 4.24 4.14 0.180 1.61 0.854 0.748 0.688 0.893 0.964 0.796
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 4.79 4.79 4.15 0.645 2.39 1.18 0.683 0.579 0.841 0.928 0.722
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 3.45 3.45 4.15 -0.486 2.06 1.05 0.703 0.627 0.861 0.885 0.741
NorESM2-LM [-] 3.97 3.98 4.15 -0.0573 2.01 0.950 0.748 0.609 0.878 0.943 0.757
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 4.15 4.10 4.15 0.0313 2.07 1.16 0.727 0.615 0.842 0.875 0.735
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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 [-] 1.10
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 1.50 1.51 1.10 0.392 0.732 1.30 0.596 0.491 0.810 0.963 0.670
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 1.26 1.27 1.10 0.152 0.435 0.912 0.680 0.693 0.880 0.940 0.778
CanESM5 [-] 1.20 1.20 1.10 0.0769 0.481 0.923 0.692 0.632 0.878 0.943 0.755
CESM2 [-] 1.32 1.32 1.10 0.201 0.442 0.903 0.682 0.685 0.889 0.977 0.783
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 1.35 1.37 1.10 0.270 0.598 1.14 0.618 0.569 0.818 0.973 0.709
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 1.43 1.44 1.10 0.319 0.674 1.15 0.608 0.560 0.846 0.857 0.686
MeanCMIP6 [-] 1.28 1.30 1.10 0.179 0.464 0.876 0.675 0.661 0.877 0.967 0.768
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 1.38 1.39 1.10 0.242 0.697 1.26 0.570 0.528 0.801 0.957 0.677
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 1.38 1.38 1.10 0.265 0.611 1.01 0.613 0.565 0.850 0.963 0.711
NorESM2-LM [-] 1.25 1.26 1.10 0.130 0.403 0.826 0.705 0.695 0.898 0.975 0.794
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 1.18 1.18 1.10 0.0666 0.437 1.07 0.720 0.630 0.842 0.964 0.757
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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 [-] 1.74
ACCESS-ESM1-5 [-] 2.12 2.15 1.73 0.409 1.07 1.62 0.694 0.583 0.749 0.648 0.651
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 1.90 1.88 1.73 0.131 0.882 1.41 0.710 0.651 0.803 0.755 0.714
CanESM5 [-] 2.01 1.92 1.73 0.149 1.10 1.46 0.655 0.613 0.788 0.536 0.641
CESM2 [-] 1.84 1.85 1.73 0.0937 0.929 1.31 0.660 0.651 0.816 0.759 0.707
GFDL-ESM4 [-] 2.00 1.99 1.73 0.259 0.791 1.21 0.727 0.672 0.841 0.858 0.754
IPSL-CM6A-LR [-] 2.19 2.17 1.73 0.402 1.12 1.50 0.639 0.607 0.784 0.642 0.656
MeanCMIP6 [-] 1.95 1.94 1.74 0.200 0.747 1.02 0.715 0.715 0.865 0.845 0.771
MIROC-ESM2L [-] 2.38 2.35 1.73 0.617 1.20 1.60 0.581 0.604 0.754 0.637 0.636
MPI-ESM1.2-HR [-] 1.81 1.81 1.73 0.0753 0.886 1.23 0.711 0.631 0.825 0.842 0.728
NorESM2-LM [-] 1.79 1.75 1.73 0.000508 0.920 1.33 0.662 0.642 0.823 0.800 0.714
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 1.83 1.80 1.73 0.0664 0.821 1.18 0.690 0.674 0.839 0.782 0.732

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Data Information

  Title:
GPCP Version 2.3 Combined Precipitation Dataset (Final)

  Version:
2.3

  Institutions:
NOAA/OAR/ESRL PSD, Boulder, Colorado, USA
ESSIC/CICS, University of Maryland, USA

  Source:
GPCC gauge analysis to bias correct satellite estimates over land and merge with satellite based on sampling

  History:
2019-04-18: downloaded source from http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.gpcp.html
2019-05-09: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-pr-gpcp.py

  References:
Adler, R.F., G.J. Huffman, A. Chang, R. Ferraro, P. Xie, J. Janowiak, B. Rudolf, U. Schneider, S. Curtis, D. Bolvin, A. Gruber, J. Susskind, P. Arkin (2003), The Version 2 Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Monthly Precipitation Analysis (1979 - Present), J. Hydrometeor., 4(6), 1147-1167
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  Comments:
time_period: 1979-01 through 2018-12
original_temporal_resolution: monthly
original_spatial_resolution: 2.5x2.5 degree
original_units: mm/day
final_temporal_resolution: monthly
final_spatial_resolution: 0.5x0.5 degree
final_units: kg/m2/s

  Convention:
CF-1.7