Table 3 Evaluation of different products of SM2RAIN-Climate against other products.

From: SM2RAIN-Climate, a monthly global long-term rainfall dataset for climatological studies

# product

Flag_value

CC

RMSE

BIAS

KGE

% Sample Size Change compared to product #1

Against ERA5

1

1

0.799

52.730

1.040

0.741

0.00

2

2

0.816

51.752

−1.088

0.747

9.97

3

4

0.799

53.717

−0.337

0.746

6.09

4

5

0.820

52.446

−2.265

0.748

16.78

Against CHIRPS

1

1

0.824

53.286

3.170

0.759

0.00

2

2

0.837

52.106

2.237

0.765

7.78

3

4

0.820

54.459

3.084

0.762

3.83

4

5

0.840

52.353

1.849

0.768

12.52

Against GPCC

1

1

0.829

49.777

3.162

0.750

0.00

2

2

0.846

48.662

1.746

0.756

9.97

3

4

0.828

50.987

2.574

0.755

6.09

4

5

0.849

49.365

1.073

0.759

16.78