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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 [-] 2.24
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 2.79 2.75 2.27 3.90 0.495 0.983 2.57 0.497 0.536 0.568 0.945 0.617
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 2.45 2.45 2.24 2.56 0.206 0.788 2.95 0.593 0.490 0.485 0.967 0.605
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 2.72 2.71 2.24 3.08 0.462 0.963 2.72 0.559 0.481 0.535 0.807 0.572
CanESM5 [-] 3.08 3.08 2.24 3.46 0.849 1.26 2.63 0.399 0.437 0.556 0.967 0.559
MeanCMIP6 [-] 3.12 3.06 2.24 3.69 0.824 1.03 2.05 0.448 0.591 0.672 0.971 0.654
MIROC-ES2L [-] 3.58 3.61 2.24 3.59 1.36 1.56 2.22 0.278 0.519 0.641 0.973 0.586
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 2.72 2.66 2.24 3.35 0.432 0.947 2.04 0.476 0.544 0.663 0.967 0.639
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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 [-] 3.75
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 4.26 4.20 3.75 4.42 0.531 0.712 2.83 0.381 0.428 0.534 0.886 0.531
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 3.80 3.80 3.75 3.80 0.0467 0.444 2.66 0.536 0.524 0.563 0.955 0.620
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 3.93 3.91 3.75 3.96 0.162 0.506 2.86 0.479 0.486 0.516 0.904 0.574
CanESM5 [-] 4.19 4.13 3.75 4.27 0.471 0.623 2.73 0.370 0.458 0.553 0.984 0.565
MeanCMIP6 [-] 4.21 4.16 3.75 4.34 0.444 0.557 2.85 0.393 0.535 0.518 0.853 0.567
MIROC-ES2L [-] 4.49 4.57 3.75 4.38 0.734 0.906 2.96 0.222 0.447 0.494 0.900 0.502
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 3.94 3.89 3.75 4.06 0.207 0.511 2.59 0.493 0.502 0.569 0.945 0.602
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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]
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Phase Shift [months]
Bias Score [1]
RMSE Score [1]
Seasonal Cycle Score [1]
Spatial Distribution Score [1]
Overall Score [1]
Benchmark [-] 1.56
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 1.44 1.77 1.56 0.536 0.265 0.767 1.56 0.560 0.467 0.727 0.959 0.636
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 1.30 1.62 1.56 0.497 1.35 0.0609 0.590 1.31 0.625 0.549 0.777 0.982 0.696
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 1.57 1.92 1.56 0.703 1.35 0.357 0.734 1.34 0.594 0.514 0.768 0.975 0.673
CanESM5 [-] 1.54 1.87 1.56 0.615 0.411 0.984 1.56 0.475 0.418 0.737 0.930 0.595
MeanCMIP6 [-] 1.56 1.89 1.56 0.669 0.388 0.761 1.35 0.536 0.536 0.773 0.943 0.665
MIROC-ES2L [-] 1.93 2.34 1.56 0.882 0.836 1.13 1.58 0.374 0.465 0.738 0.892 0.587
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 1.45 1.79 1.56 0.504 0.298 0.751 1.34 0.553 0.508 0.768 0.947 0.657
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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
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.771 0.881 0.993 0.304 -0.113 0.417 0.474 0.782 0.680 0.945 0.766 0.771
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 0.716 0.813 0.993 0.314 1.26 -0.179 0.395 0.367 0.784 0.699 0.975 0.954 0.822
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 0.899 0.999 0.993 0.487 1.26 0.00597 0.383 0.462 0.816 0.685 0.966 0.801 0.791
CanESM5 [-] 0.867 0.976 0.993 0.407 -0.0155 0.531 0.536 0.777 0.586 0.933 0.713 0.719
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.774 0.851 0.993 0.423 -0.135 0.389 0.337 0.801 0.693 0.959 0.852 0.800
MIROC-ES2L [-] 1.15 1.28 0.993 0.672 0.287 0.604 0.556 0.687 0.602 0.937 0.488 0.663
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.850 0.937 0.993 0.394 -0.0508 0.423 0.401 0.822 0.653 0.952 0.835 0.783
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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
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 3.51 3.51 3.62 3.64 -0.107 0.936 2.65 0.483 0.238 0.580 0.969 0.501
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 3.43 3.44 3.62 3.14 -0.181 0.547 1.77 0.555 0.472 0.747 0.996 0.648
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 3.61 3.62 3.62 3.54 -0.00504 0.604 2.25 0.579 0.410 0.645 0.972 0.603
CanESM5 [-] 3.05 3.05 3.62 3.28 -0.560 1.51 2.34 0.268 0.150 0.639 0.738 0.389
MeanCMIP6 [-] 3.71 3.71 3.62 3.77 0.0794 0.799 2.27 0.428 0.348 0.653 0.980 0.551
MIROC-ES2L [-] 4.54 4.56 3.62 3.98 0.919 1.25 2.54 0.217 0.375 0.597 0.894 0.492
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 3.77 3.76 3.62 3.66 0.143 0.868 2.67 0.399 0.330 0.561 0.926 0.509
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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
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 1.10 1.11 1.06 1.04 0.0744 0.526 0.885 0.738 0.589 0.901 0.898 0.743
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 0.979 0.997 1.06 0.873 1.36 -0.0644 0.460 0.629 0.764 0.625 0.953 0.982 0.790
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 1.25 1.24 1.06 1.28 1.36 0.182 0.545 0.754 0.726 0.585 0.939 0.942 0.756
CanESM5 [-] 1.17 1.20 1.06 0.952 0.180 0.692 0.986 0.687 0.506 0.878 0.797 0.675
MeanCMIP6 [-] 1.08 1.08 1.06 1.12 0.0445 0.499 0.801 0.754 0.604 0.908 0.915 0.757
MIROC-ES2L [-] 1.56 1.58 1.06 1.52 0.541 0.873 1.00 0.543 0.506 0.884 0.660 0.620
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 1.10 1.13 1.06 0.931 0.103 0.555 0.766 0.754 0.567 0.915 0.896 0.740

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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]
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.703 0.666 0.452 0.608 0.530
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 0.642 0.718 0.851 0.871 0.861
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 0.671 0.640 0.840 0.790 0.815
CanESM5 [-] 0.756 0.678 0.484 0.585 0.534
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.699 0.571 0.484 0.584 0.534
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.728 0.678 0.460 0.462 0.461
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.697 0.522 0.522
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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]
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.660 0.499 0.778 0.844 0.811
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 0.764 0.813 0.906 0.947 0.927
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 0.622 0.647 0.884 0.918 0.901
CanESM5 [-] 0.734 0.571 0.816 0.865 0.840
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.596 0.486 0.796 0.844 0.820
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.690 0.629 0.849 0.823 0.836
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.727 0.821 0.821
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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]
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.565 0.717 0.876 0.758 0.817
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 0.572 0.740 0.927 0.804 0.865
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 0.567 0.713 0.916 0.732 0.824
CanESM5 [-] 0.538 0.686 0.833 0.722 0.778
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.581 0.684 0.833 0.714 0.774
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.595 0.631 0.751 0.594 0.672
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.561 0.860 0.860
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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]
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.607 0.637 0.607 0.537 0.572
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 0.718 0.646 0.631 0.767 0.699
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 0.672 0.662 0.798 0.696 0.747
CanESM5 [-] 0.621 0.626 0.726 0.651 0.689
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.603 0.619 0.602 0.553 0.577
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.609 0.605 0.550 0.568 0.559
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.624 0.575 0.575
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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]
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.593 0.754 0.910 0.893 0.901
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 0.662 0.687 0.862 0.920 0.891
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 0.695 0.403 0.890 0.848 0.869
CanESM5 [-] 0.626 0.547 0.842 0.906 0.874
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.629 0.705 0.894 0.886 0.890
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.782 0.600 0.760 0.716 0.738
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.662 0.873 0.873
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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]
BCC-CSM2-MR [-] 0.656 0.699 0.659 0.399 0.529
BGCv2LND.GSW [-] 0.756 0.703 0.847 0.781 0.814
BGCv2LNDATM [-] 0.663 0.729 0.866 0.726 0.796
CanESM5 [-] 0.653 0.652 0.812 0.433 0.622
MeanCMIP6 [-] 0.668 0.630 0.678 0.295 0.486
MIROC-ES2L [-] 0.591 0.608 0.643 0.394 0.519
UKESM1-0-LL [-] 0.675 0.716 0.716

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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