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Diagnostic Summary for Evapotranspiration: Model vs. MODIS

Global Patterns Regional and Seasonal Patterns Scoring (Info)
Annual Mean (mm/day) Bias (mm/day) RMSE (mm/day) Phase Difference (months) Regional Means Global Bias RMSE Seasonal Cycle Spatial Distribution Interannual Variability Overall
Benchmark  [Mu et al. (2011)] 1.28 - - 0.00 access to plots - - - - - -
MeanModel 1.48 0.20 0.49 -0.17 access to plots 0.82 0.76 0.79 0.93 0.64 0.78
HTESSEL-CaMa 1.60 0.32 0.54 -0.16 access to plots 0.80 0.74 0.79 0.94 0.60 0.77
JULES 1.45 0.17 0.51 -0.17 access to plots 0.80 0.74 0.79 0.89 0.65 0.77
LISFLOOD 1.33 0.05 0.55 -0.32 access to plots 0.79 0.73 0.79 0.90 0.66 0.77
ORCHIDEE 1.66 0.37 0.59 -0.23 access to plots 0.78 0.72 0.78 0.92 0.59 0.75
PCR-GLOBWB 1.42 0.14 0.54 -0.27 access to plots 0.78 0.74 0.77 0.93 0.64 0.77
SURFEX-TRIP 1.55 0.27 0.57 0.08 access to plots 0.81 0.72 0.81 0.95 0.51 0.75
SWBM 1.43 0.15 0.61 -0.05 access to plots 0.79 0.70 0.80 0.83 0.67 0.75
W3RA 1.44 0.16 0.55 -0.25 access to plots 0.82 0.73 0.75 0.92 0.58 0.76
WaterGAP3 1.45 0.17 0.76 -0.54 access to plots 0.74 0.64 0.77 0.73 0.53 0.68
HBV-SIMREG 1.47 0.18 0.58 -0.19 access to plots 0.80 0.72 0.77 0.90 0.57 0.75

Notes: In calculating overall score, rmse score contributes double in comparison with all other scores.

The eartH2Observe project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No. 603608

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