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The timing error shows quite a lot of areal variability. Some of this probably comes from the potentially short sample period, which makes the verification scores less robust. Still, some pattern emerges and generally the errors are more negative than negative, i.e. the GloFAS v4.0 river discharge simulation is too early in the signal, so peaks happen earlier than in the observations. This is the case in many of the catchments in the higher latitudes, or in Amazonia, or in Australia.
Figure 4. Timing error of the GloFAS v4 simulation.
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