Boreal forest Global - Land Subtropical desert Temperate grassland/desert Temperate rain forest Temperate seasonal forest Tropical rain forest Tropical seasonal forest/savanna Tundra Woodland/shrubland

	Download Data	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	[-]	1.92
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	1.66	1.67	1.94		2.64		-0.267	0.864	0.920		0.699	0.514	0.850	0.981	0.712
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	1.74	1.76	1.92		2.66		-0.154	0.755	0.727		0.740	0.568	0.883	0.924	0.737
CLM-Princeton	[-]	1.62	1.63	1.91		2.66		-0.283	0.799	0.796		0.702	0.554	0.872	0.977	0.732
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	1.67	1.66	1.92		2.56		-0.254	0.746	0.823		0.714	0.577	0.869	0.975	0.742
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	1.75	1.76	1.92		2.56		-0.164	0.736	0.782		0.734	0.584	0.872	0.947	0.744
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	1.62	1.62	1.92		2.56		-0.300	0.811	0.803		0.695	0.552	0.868	0.973	0.728
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	1.64	1.64	1.90		2.44		-0.257	0.757	0.778		0.717	0.568	0.875	0.971	0.740
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	1.77	1.76	1.90		2.44		-0.134	0.626	0.697		0.764	0.631	0.884	0.948	0.771
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	1.61	1.61	1.90		2.44		-0.289	0.803	0.785		0.704	0.545	0.874	0.972	0.728
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	1.65	1.68	1.94		2.82		-0.262	0.770	0.903		0.713	0.562	0.850	0.974	0.732
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	1.73	1.77	1.92		2.93		-0.153	0.620	0.696		0.762	0.632	0.886	0.977	0.778
Mean-Princeton	[-]	1.59	1.62	1.92		2.93		-0.294	0.771	0.757		0.704	0.569	0.877	0.968	0.737

	Download Data	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	[-]	2.46
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	2.39	2.29	2.41		3.32		-0.118	1.22	0.970		0.771	0.522	0.871	0.982	0.734
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	2.38	2.32	2.41		3.36		-0.0824	1.10	0.737		0.783	0.566	0.898	0.978	0.758
CLM-Princeton	[-]	2.31	2.22	2.41		3.38		-0.193	1.13	0.863		0.773	0.552	0.889	0.984	0.750
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	2.32	2.31	2.44		3.56		-0.129	1.04	0.847		0.782	0.584	0.889	0.984	0.765
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	2.35	2.35	2.44		3.56		-0.0916	1.14	0.786		0.772	0.563	0.885	0.975	0.752
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	2.25	2.24	2.44		3.56		-0.195	1.18	0.879		0.765	0.542	0.884	0.982	0.743
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	2.22	2.15	2.32		3.27		-0.168	0.994	0.827		0.799	0.583	0.896	0.987	0.769
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	2.25	2.21	2.32		3.27		-0.108	0.819	0.644		0.824	0.650	0.914	0.988	0.805
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	2.17	2.11	2.32		3.27		-0.212	1.03	0.799		0.791	0.569	0.900	0.986	0.763
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	2.35	2.35	2.46		3.20		-0.109	1.09	0.894		0.779	0.570	0.879	0.985	0.756
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	2.36	2.36	2.45		3.17		-0.0866	0.965	0.685		0.798	0.616	0.904	0.985	0.784
Mean-Princeton	[-]	2.26	2.26	2.45		3.17		-0.194	1.09	0.830		0.778	0.568	0.893	0.986	0.759

	Download Data	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	[-]	0.700
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	0.674	0.669	0.708		0.954		-0.0357	0.620	1.03		0.846	0.549	0.913	0.975	0.767
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	0.646	0.641	0.692		1.02		-0.0490	0.566	0.726		0.840	0.581	0.926	0.971	0.780
CLM-Princeton	[-]	0.604	0.600	0.694		1.02		-0.0905	0.590	0.899		0.831	0.564	0.923	0.975	0.771
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	0.694	0.679	0.697		1.11		-0.0129	0.562	0.885		0.843	0.592	0.939	0.940	0.781
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	0.674	0.657	0.697		1.11		-0.0346	0.578	0.744		0.832	0.579	0.926	0.953	0.774
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	0.640	0.622	0.698		1.12		-0.0698	0.622	0.896		0.825	0.551	0.924	0.947	0.759
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	0.668	0.671	0.692		0.792		-0.0207	0.533	0.884		0.857	0.598	0.939	0.981	0.794
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	0.648	0.653	0.692		0.792		-0.0392	0.460	0.626		0.851	0.651	0.944	0.975	0.814
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	0.604	0.608	0.692		0.792		-0.0843	0.559	0.789		0.836	0.580	0.941	0.978	0.783
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	0.700	0.695	0.716		0.724		-0.0201	0.563	0.938		0.849	0.593	0.922	0.953	0.782
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	0.667	0.662	0.699		0.727		-0.0367	0.493	0.667		0.848	0.632	0.937	0.967	0.803
Mean-Princeton	[-]	0.632	0.628	0.699		0.728		-0.0718	0.568	0.861		0.837	0.583	0.929	0.952	0.777

	Download Data	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	[-]	0.656
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	0.599	0.597	0.655		0.989		-0.0537	0.495	1.22		0.732	0.481	0.807	0.966	0.693
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	0.564	0.562	0.657		1.04		-0.0869	0.451	0.799		0.730	0.531	0.883	0.919	0.719
CLM-Princeton	[-]	0.566	0.563	0.654		1.06		-0.0875	0.474	1.08		0.739	0.508	0.814	0.963	0.707
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	0.621	0.618	0.656		1.01		-0.0382	0.409	0.965		0.747	0.565	0.831	0.970	0.735
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	0.587	0.574	0.656		1.01		-0.0823	0.444	0.847		0.724	0.549	0.876	0.907	0.721
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	0.574	0.569	0.656		1.04		-0.0865	0.478	1.02		0.728	0.508	0.823	0.961	0.706
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	0.621	0.617	0.647		0.908		-0.0320	0.425	1.04		0.761	0.546	0.815	0.974	0.728
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	0.582	0.572	0.647		0.908		-0.0784	0.375	0.724		0.760	0.594	0.894	0.953	0.759
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	0.572	0.567	0.647		0.908		-0.0816	0.454	0.987		0.752	0.515	0.824	0.973	0.716
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	0.607	0.597	0.649		1.01		-0.0519	0.410	1.03		0.750	0.548	0.838	0.972	0.731
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	0.580	0.567	0.655		0.981		-0.0886	0.374	0.739		0.757	0.600	0.892	0.937	0.757
Mean-Princeton	[-]	0.575	0.564	0.655		0.986		-0.0913	0.434	0.994		0.751	0.539	0.826	0.976	0.726

	Download Data	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	[-]	6.99
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	5.53	5.60	6.73		6.40		-1.19	3.35	0.824		0.583	0.492	0.897	0.587	0.610
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	6.54	6.58	6.97		6.69		-0.470	3.06	0.868		0.590	0.574	0.879	0.457	0.615
CLM-Princeton	[-]	5.58	5.54	7.04		6.73		-1.57	3.33	0.778		0.587	0.538	0.891	0.621	0.635
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	5.39	5.53	6.95		6.75		-1.33	3.05	0.891		0.621	0.549	0.880	0.627	0.645
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	6.74	6.45	6.95		6.75		-0.430	2.99	0.809		0.605	0.574	0.898	0.437	0.617
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	5.40	5.34	7.00		6.80		-1.57	3.33	0.733		0.570	0.533	0.894	0.571	0.620
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	5.07	5.25	6.99		6.85		-1.73	3.12	0.684		0.617	0.531	0.913	0.827	0.684
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	6.71	6.58	6.99		6.85		-0.412	2.14	0.780		0.708	0.661	0.888	0.726	0.729
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	5.03	5.25	6.99		6.85		-1.73	3.14	0.681		0.623	0.525	0.914	0.825	0.682
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	5.49	5.50	6.71		6.14		-1.21	2.76	0.789		0.632	0.544	0.906	0.770	0.679
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	6.47	6.37	6.95		6.61		-0.583	2.41	0.756		0.671	0.634	0.895	0.677	0.702
Mean-Princeton	[-]	5.46	5.46	7.00		6.65		-1.54	3.04	0.747		0.606	0.552	0.891	0.771	0.675

	Download Data	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	[-]	3.10
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	2.70	2.70	3.04		3.72		-0.339	1.24	1.37		0.737	0.528	0.804	0.953	0.710
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	2.91	2.90	3.07		3.80		-0.173	1.12	1.06		0.765	0.581	0.847	0.914	0.738
CLM-Princeton	[-]	2.67	2.68	3.07		3.82		-0.399	1.17	1.12		0.733	0.569	0.839	0.967	0.736
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	2.70	2.73	3.09		3.67		-0.354	1.02	1.07		0.748	0.615	0.847	0.970	0.759
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	2.88	2.91	3.09		3.67		-0.182	1.09	1.08		0.767	0.598	0.842	0.912	0.743
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	2.66	2.69	3.09		3.67		-0.406	1.19	1.12		0.729	0.566	0.839	0.964	0.733
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	2.65	2.63	3.01		3.64		-0.381	1.02	1.06		0.757	0.609	0.846	0.985	0.761
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	2.83	2.82	3.01		3.64		-0.192	0.853	0.945		0.806	0.662	0.862	0.967	0.792
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	2.63	2.61	3.01		3.64		-0.405	1.12	1.06		0.750	0.571	0.847	0.985	0.745
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	2.70	2.73	3.06		3.37		-0.328	1.02	1.19		0.757	0.601	0.830	0.974	0.753
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	2.87	2.90	3.09		3.44		-0.187	0.906	0.946		0.791	0.650	0.865	0.954	0.782
Mean-Princeton	[-]	2.65	2.68	3.09		3.44		-0.411	1.09	1.04		0.743	0.596	0.852	0.982	0.754

	Download Data	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	[-]	8.43
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	8.25	8.34	8.58		8.19		-0.247	3.46	1.32		0.723	0.426	0.810	0.862	0.650
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	8.31	8.33	8.45		7.97		-0.128	3.01	1.01		0.716	0.482	0.856	0.725	0.652
CLM-Princeton	[-]	7.99	8.03	8.47		7.95		-0.451	3.23	1.21		0.716	0.439	0.832	0.840	0.653
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	8.16	8.08	8.44		8.18		-0.364	2.93	1.21		0.723	0.480	0.834	0.869	0.677
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	8.40	8.22	8.44		8.18		-0.243	3.21	1.22		0.689	0.465	0.822	0.662	0.621
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	8.07	7.97	8.44		8.15		-0.484	3.36	1.20		0.704	0.428	0.831	0.803	0.639
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	7.87	7.92	8.46		8.35		-0.555	3.02	1.24		0.766	0.456	0.823	0.959	0.692
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	8.08	8.10	8.46		8.35		-0.394	2.11	0.924		0.788	0.581	0.867	0.949	0.753
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	7.81	7.88	8.46		8.35		-0.599	2.90	1.16		0.758	0.462	0.840	0.955	0.695
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	8.23	8.31	8.62		8.49		-0.311	3.00	1.32		0.736	0.468	0.802	0.944	0.684
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	8.03	8.16	8.44		8.12		-0.276	2.56	0.978		0.741	0.534	0.859	0.872	0.708
Mean-Princeton	[-]	7.90	7.97	8.44		8.08		-0.465	3.07	1.13		0.728	0.452	0.843	0.903	0.676

	Download Data	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	[-]	4.15
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	4.13	4.11	4.12		4.33		-0.00135	2.05	0.689		0.826	0.551	0.915	0.951	0.759
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	4.10	4.08	4.13		4.32		-0.0446	1.82	0.566		0.831	0.592	0.930	0.949	0.779
CLM-Princeton	[-]	4.05	4.03	4.14		4.33		-0.112	1.85	0.620		0.836	0.580	0.929	0.961	0.777
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	4.13	4.11	4.14		4.45		-0.0298	1.72	0.615		0.836	0.608	0.927	0.959	0.787
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	4.13	4.08	4.14		4.45		-0.0611	1.90	0.634		0.820	0.583	0.918	0.941	0.769
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	4.10	4.04	4.15		4.44		-0.104	1.95	0.658		0.827	0.566	0.922	0.956	0.767
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	3.99	3.98	4.12		4.31		-0.147	1.69	0.552		0.855	0.607	0.941	0.980	0.798
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	3.99	3.99	4.12		4.31		-0.136	1.35	0.459		0.865	0.677	0.947	0.987	0.830
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	3.95	3.93	4.12		4.31		-0.193	1.69	0.554		0.853	0.605	0.942	0.981	0.797
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	4.18	4.16	4.15		4.37		0.00937	1.83	0.644		0.828	0.590	0.921	0.960	0.778
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	4.11	4.10	4.14		4.36		-0.0457	1.57	0.520		0.841	0.638	0.935	0.966	0.804
Mean-Princeton	[-]	4.07	4.05	4.15		4.35		-0.0981	1.77	0.604		0.839	0.593	0.930	0.968	0.785

	Download Data	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	[-]	1.09
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	0.978	0.992	1.13		0.931		-0.142	0.617	0.828		0.690	0.523	0.886	0.959	0.716
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	0.401	1.09	1.10		0.925		-0.0111	0.592	0.641		0.741	0.537	0.903	0.959	0.736
CLM-Princeton	[-]	0.866	0.954	1.10		0.925		-0.139	0.582	0.812		0.662	0.546	0.882	0.949	0.717
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	0.970	0.973	1.10		0.959		-0.121	0.541	0.791		0.692	0.557	0.877	0.957	0.728
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	1.07	1.08	1.10		0.959		-0.0163	0.578	0.648		0.736	0.552	0.903	0.959	0.740
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	0.934	0.940	1.09		0.955		-0.150	0.583	0.821		0.657	0.545	0.880	0.949	0.715
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	0.927	0.995	1.11		0.920		-0.118	0.545	0.814		0.692	0.560	0.881	0.955	0.730
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	0.682	1.11	1.11		0.920		-0.00403	0.541	0.601		0.757	0.584	0.911	0.965	0.760
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	0.915	0.978	1.11		0.920		-0.135	0.600	0.788		0.666	0.538	0.886	0.949	0.716
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	0.973	0.988	1.13		0.905		-0.143	0.564	0.824		0.695	0.562	0.887	0.959	0.733
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	1.07	1.08	1.10		0.855		-0.0141	0.531	0.600		0.756	0.581	0.910	0.968	0.759
Mean-Princeton	[-]	0.929	0.944	1.09		0.853		-0.149	0.568	0.813		0.662	0.555	0.882	0.951	0.721

	Download Data	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	[-]	1.73
CLM-CRUJRA	[-]	1.52	1.50	1.72		2.15		-0.218	0.869	1.01		0.756	0.546	0.851	0.980	0.736
CLM-GSWP3	[-]	1.62	1.61	1.73		2.14		-0.119	0.789	0.719		0.785	0.587	0.897	0.947	0.761
CLM-Princeton	[-]	1.50	1.48	1.73		2.14		-0.245	0.818	0.934		0.757	0.578	0.868	0.981	0.753
ISBA-CTRIP-CRUJRA	[-]	1.54	1.52	1.73		2.38		-0.210	0.691	0.934		0.771	0.636	0.864	0.982	0.778
ISBA-CTRIP-GSWP3	[-]	1.62	1.62	1.73		2.38		-0.117	0.748	0.758		0.783	0.609	0.887	0.945	0.767
ISBA-CTRIP-Princeton	[-]	1.51	1.50	1.73		2.38		-0.233	0.820	0.968		0.755	0.579	0.861	0.972	0.749
JSBACH-CRUJRA	[-]	1.51	1.49	1.70		2.13		-0.207	0.714	0.907		0.773	0.620	0.866	0.983	0.773
JSBACH-GSWP3	[-]	1.59	1.59	1.70		2.13		-0.108	0.623	0.645		0.810	0.664	0.908	0.962	0.801
JSBACH-Princeton	[-]	1.48	1.47	1.70		2.13		-0.236	0.795	0.920		0.764	0.581	0.867	0.981	0.755
Mean-CRUJRA	[-]	1.52	1.52	1.72		2.21		-0.205	0.709	0.890		0.772	0.622	0.867	0.985	0.773
Mean-GSWP3	[-]	1.63	1.62	1.73		2.18		-0.113	0.633	0.643		0.810	0.660	0.908	0.968	0.801
Mean-Princeton	[-]	1.50	1.50	1.73		2.18		-0.234	0.750	0.888		0.769	0.608	0.872	0.985	0.768

Boreal forest Global - Land Subtropical desert Temperate grassland/desert Temperate rain forest Temperate seasonal forest Tropical rain forest Tropical seasonal forest/savanna Tundra Woodland/shrubland Temporally integrated period mean Temporally integrated period mean max month Temporally integrated mean phase shift Temporally integrated mean phase shift score Temporally integrated period mean bias Temporally integrated period mean bias score Temporally integrated period mean rmse Temporally integrated period mean rmse score Spatially integrated regional mean cycle Spatially integrated regional mean detrended cycle Spatially integrated regional mean

  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