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. 2022 Jul 15;9:409. doi: 10.1038/s41597-022-01493-1

Table 1.

Summary Table of Technical Validation Results.

Regression R Square Standard Error Bias
Elvevation
  Elev_WC_2.1 ve Elev_Climwat 0.98 108 −3.73
  Elev_WC_1.4 vs Elev_Climwat 0.98 108 −2.53
  Elev_WC_1.4 vs ELev_WC_2.1 1.00 13 −1.22
Mean Annual Temperature
  Tmean_WC_1.4 vs Tmean_CLIMWAT 0.99 0.93 0.03
  Tmean_WC_2.0 vs Tmean_CLIMWAT 0.98 1.02 −0.06
  Tmean_WC_2.1 vs Tmean_CLIMWAT 0.98 1.01 −0.06
  Tmean_WC_1.4 vs Tmean_WC_2.1 1.00 0.56 −0.10
Mean Annual Precipitation
  Prec_CLIMWAT vs Prec_WC_1.4 0.98 110 5.23
  Prec_CLIMWAT vs Prec_WC_2.0 0.96 150 −0.95
  Prec_CLIMWAT vs Prec_WC_2.1 0.96 148 −1.61
  Prec_WC_1.4 vs Prec_WC_2.1 0.97 122 −6.84
Potential Evapotranspiration_ET0
  ET0_CLIMWAT_XLS vs ET0_CLIMWAT 0.99 36 −53.71
  Global_PET_v1 vs ETo_CLIMWAT 0.72 221 −132.65
  Global_ET0_v2 vs ET0_CLIMWAT 0.84 221 −385.75
  Global_ET0_v3 vs ET0_CLIMWAT 0.85 219 −389.38
  Global_ET0_v1 vs Global_ET0_v3 0.65 249 −256.73
  ET0_CLIMWAT vs ET0_CRU_TS 0.84 160 −18.74
  Global_ET0_v3 vs ET0_CRU_TS 0.89 136 −408.12
Aridity Index
  Global_AI_v1 vs AI_CLIMWAT 0.91 0.16 0.14
  Global_AI_v2 vs AI_CLIMWAT 0.888 0.18 0.21
  Global_AI_v3 vs AI_CLIMWAT 0.90 0.17 0.21
  Global_AI_v1 vs Global_AI_v3 0.89 0.18 0.07
  AI_CLIMWAT vs AI_CRU_TS 0.77 0.33 −0.02
  Global_AI_v3 vs AI_CRU_TS 0.83 0.22 0.23
** Evaluated datasets Description
Elevation
  Elev_Climwat Elevation data from CLIMWAT station data
  Elev_WC_1.4 Elevation data supplied with WC_1.4
  Elev_WC_2.1 Elevation data suppled with WC_2.0 and WC_2.1
Mean Annual Temperature
  Tmean_ClimWat Temperature data from CLIMWAT station data
  Tmean_WC_1.4 Temperature data from WC_1.4
  Tmean_WC_2.0 Temperature data from WC_2.0
  Tmean_WC_2.1 Temperature data from WC_2.1
Mean Annual Precipitation
  Prec_ClimWat Precipitation data from CLIMWAT station data
  Prec_WC_1.4 Precipitation data from WC_1.4
  Prec_WC_2.0 Precipitation data from WC_2.0
  Prec_WC_2.1 Precipitation data from WC_2.1
PET (ET0)
  ET0_ClimWat ET0 as reported by CLIMWAT station data
  ET0_ClimWat_XLS ET0 calculated using estimation algorithm parameterized with CLIMWAT station data
  ET0_CRU_TS ET0 extracted from CRU_TS PET grid
  Global_PET_v1 PET calculated using WC_1.4 (Modified Hargreaves-Thornton)
  Global_ET0_v2 ET0 calculated using WC_2.0 (Penman-Montieth)
  Global_ET0_v3 ET0 calculated using WC_2.1 (Penman-Montieth)
Aridity Index (AI)
  AI_ClimWat AI calculated using parameters from CLIMWAT station data (Penman-Montieth)
  AI_CRU_TS AI calculated using CRU_TS (Penman-Montieth)
  Global_AI_v1 AI calculated using WC_1.4 (Modified Hargreaves-Thornton)
  Global_AI_v2 AI calculated using WC_2.0 (Penman-Montieth)
  Global_AI_v3 AI calculated using WC_2.1 (Penman-Montieth)