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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 [-] 1.56
4597_2026-03-05_uncalib [-] 1.39 1.77 1.54 0.295 2.16 0.231 0.692 1.20 0.598 0.518 0.824 0.974 0.686
4598_2026-03-05_latest [-] 1.39 1.76 1.54 0.315 2.16 0.213 0.700 1.27 0.554 0.525 0.809 0.975 0.678
ENSEMBLE-CMIP6 [-] 1.71 1.93 1.56 1.28 0.372 0.719 1.35 0.566 0.531 0.769 0.969 0.673

Temporally integrated period mean

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Spatially integrated regional mean

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Relationships

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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]
4597_2026-03-05_uncalib [-] 0.547 0.714 0.891 0.781 0.836
4598_2026-03-05_latest [-] 0.546 0.712 0.871 0.791 0.831
ENSEMBLE-CMIP6 [-] 0.577 0.717 0.872 0.736 0.804

Precipitation/GPCPv2.3

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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