Performance of Three Reanalysis Precipitation Datasets over the Qinling-Daba Mountains, Eastern Fringe of Tibetan Plateau, China

Table 6

The PDs and PPDs between ERA-Interim, JRA-55, and NCEP/NCAR-1 and observed precipitation for the dry years.

Reanalysis	ERA-Interim	JRA-55	NCEP/NCAR-1
The absolute precipitation difference (mm)
2001	234.99	233.97	−170.66
2002	269.71	215.85	40.56
2004	283.36	135.59	39.84
2006	196.41	143.75	85.85
2007	320.53	183.57	92.53
2008	167.6	118.2	−9.86
2012	187.36	159.27	−72.32
2013	148.97	119.31	36.18
Percentage of PD (%)
2001	35.4	35.25	−25.71
2002	37.42	29.95	5.63
2004	36.4	17.42	5.12
2006	27.42	20.07	11.98
2007	39.62	22.69	11.44
2008	21.2	14.95	−1.25
2012	24.89	21.16	−9.61
2013	20.03	16.05	4.87