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Table 3 Statistical indicators during calibration and validation at monthly scale (1990–2009)

From: Evaluation of reanalysis and global meteorological products in Beas river basin of North-Western Himalaya

Stations	Statistical parameter	Stations
Stations	Statistical parameter	Manali	Thalout	Pong	Pandoh
MERRA
Calibration	R²	0.75	0.70	0.56	0.68
	NSE	0.70	0.55	-0.21	0.61
	PBIAS (%)	26.00	30.00	26.34	52.00
	RMSE	13.29	152.00	161.09	109.78
Validation	R²	0.69	0.71	0.30	0.75
	NSE	0.46	0.55	0.20	0.52
	PBIAS (%)	30.00	30.00	1.16	65.00
	RMSE	16.40	100.00	101.11	92.65
ERA-Interim
Calibration	R²	0.73	0.74	0.60	0.75
	NSE	0.76	0.76	0.30	0.76
	PBIAS (%)	− 13.78	− 13.78	1.44	15.00
	RMSE	8.00	70.45	109.87	78.50
Validation	R²	0.74	0.73	0.35	0.72
	NSE	0.77	0.75	0.21	0.73
	PBIAS (%)	− 13.68	− 14.54	− 10.00	18.00
	RMSE	8.00	65.75	98.92	60.76
JRA-55
Calibration	R²	0.58	0.62	0.42	0.63
	NSE	0.10	0.32	− 0.12	0.34
	PBIAS (%)	− 50.00	− 36.75	− 30.67	− 32.78
	RMSE	26.40	139.85	155.19	132.00
Validation	R²	0.50	0.60	0.45	0.53
	NSE	0.30	0.21	-0.40	0.44
	PBIAS (%)	− 38.00	− 42.00	− 39.00	− 11.00
	RMSE	22.54	138.00	120.11	95.00
CFSR
Calibration	R²	0.41	0.50	0.22	0.51
	NSE	− 0.65	− 0.51	− 1.10	0.05
	PBIAS (%)	− 80.87	− 75.43	− 56.37	− 64.00
	RMSE	34.08	210.34	220.45	171.24
Validation	R²	0.38	0.53	0.14	0.47
	NSE	− 0.64	− 0.65	− 2.00	0.13
	PBIAS (%)	− 76.76	− 80.00	− 68.26	− 56.74
	RMSE	30.59	190.65	199.10	121.23
WFDEI
Calibration	R²	0.36	0.43	0.15	0.43
	NSE	− 1.00	− 0.30	− 2.15	− 0.23
	PBIAS (%)	− 93.73	− 85.69	− 78.00	− 82.00
	RMSE	38.01	218.56	265.31	186.24
Validation	R²	0.28	0.42	0.12	0.36
	NSE	− 1.16	− 0.40	− 2.30	− 0.17
	PBIAS (%)	− 93.75	− 87.76	− 82.47	− 82.16
	RMSE	32.56	209.97	233.64	137.78

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