Input data for Figure 2.16 from Chapter 2 of the Working Group I (WGI) Contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6).

Figure 2.16 provides global precipitation minus evaporation trend maps and time series from a variety of data sources

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How to cite this dataset

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When citing this dataset, please include both the data citation below (under 'Citable as') and the following citation for the report component from which the figure originates:

Gulev, S.K., P.W. Thorne, J. Ahn, F.J. Dentener, C.M. Domingues, S. Gerland, D. Gong, D.S. Kaufman, H.C. Nnamchi, J. Quaas, J.A. Rivera, S. Sathyendranath, S.L. Smith, B. Trewin, K. von Schuckmann, and R.S. Vose, 2021: Changing State of the Climate System. In Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change[Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S.L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M.I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T.K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu, and B. Zhou (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 287–422, doi:10.1017/9781009157896.004.

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Figure subpanels

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The figure has four panels, with input data provided for all panels in the main directory

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List of data provided

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The datasets contains:

- Global precipitation and evaporation data from ERA5 reanalysis

- Time series of global, land-only and ocean-only average annual P–E (mm day–1) from the following reanalysis products: 20CRv3, ERA5, ERA20CM, MERRA, CFSR, ERA20C, JRA55 and MERRA2.

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Data provided in relation to figure

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Panel a:

- Data files: IntermediateData_era5_evap_2.nc and era5_tp_2.nc

Panel b:

- Data file: GPME2.csv and GPME2.mat

Panel c:

- Data file: LPME2.csv and LPME2.mat

Panel d:

- Data file: OPME2.csv and OPME2.mat

For panels b to d:

I.     Column 2: orange solid line

II.    Column 3: cyan solid line

III.   Column 4: black solid line

IV.   Column 5: grey solid line

V.    Column 6: blue solid line

VI.   Column 7: dark green solid line

VII.  Column 8: brown solid line

VIII. Column 9: green solid line

20CRv3 is the NOAA-CIRES-DOE Twentieth Century Reanalysis Version 3.

ERA5 is a reanalysis of the global climate from 1950 to present, developed by ECMWF.

ERA20CM is a twentieth century atmospheric model ensemble developed by ECMWF.

MERRA stands for Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications.

CFSR stands for Climate Forecast System Reanalysis.

ERA20C is the first atmospheric reanalysis of the 20th century, from 1900-2010, developed by ECMWF.

JRA55 stands for Japanese 55-year Reanalysis.

MERRA2 stands for Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, version 2.

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Notes on reproducing the figure from the provided data

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Additional information to correctly reproduce the figure in the corresponding readme files for code archived on Zenodo (see the link to code provided in the Related Documents section of this catalogue record).

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Sources of additional information

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The following weblinks are provided in the Related Documents section of this catalogue record:

- Link to the figure on the IPCC AR6 website

- Link to the report component containing the figure (Chapter 2)

- Link to the Supplementary Material for Chapter 2, which contains details on the input data used in Table 2.SM.1

- Link to the code for the figure, archived on Zenodo.