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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 [-] 2.04
4597_2026-03-05_uncalib [-] 2.24 2.24 1.95 2.85 0.288 0.886 1.07 0.709 0.718 0.866 0.856 0.774
4598_2026-03-05_latest [-] 2.24 2.24 1.95 2.85 0.288 0.886 1.07 0.709 0.718 0.866 0.856 0.774
ENSEMBLE-CMIP6 [-] 2.42 2.41 2.04 1.12 0.367 0.983 1.31 0.702 0.674 0.849 0.943 0.768

Temporally integrated period mean

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SPATIAL TAYLOR DIAGRAM
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Spatially integrated regional mean

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Data Information

  Title:
CPC Merged Analysis of Precipitation (excludes NCEP Reanalysis)

  Version:
1904

  Institutions:
NOAA/OAR/ESRL PSD, Boulder, Colorado, USA

  Source:
Merged Precipitation with gauge observations, a variety of satellite observations and the NCEP–NCAR reanalysis

  History:
2019-04-30: downloaded source from https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.cmap.html#detail
2019-07-01: converted to netCDF with https://github.com/mmu2019/Datasets/blob/master/read-pr-cmap.py

  References:
Xie, P., and P.A. Arkin (1997), Global precipitation: A 17-year monthly analysis based on gauge observations, satellite estimates, and numerical model outputs, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 78, 2539-2558
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  Comments:
time_period: 1979-01 through 2018-12
original_temporal_resolution: monthly
original_spatial_resolution: 2.5 degree
original_units: mm/day
final_temporal_resolution: monthly
final_spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree
final_units: kg/m2/s

  Convention:
CF-1.7